Missing Chromosome Improves Response to Brain Tumor Treatment

...he lack of a chromosome actually helps people with a rare, aggressive brain tumor respond better to a new treatment, new findings show. Gliomatosis cerebri is a type of inoperable brain tumor that is difficult to diagnosis and has an extremely variable prognosis. A study of 25 people with the condition sh...

'Fluorescent' Retinal Cells Warn of Eye Disease

...sed the instrument to measure the degree to which a subtle visual condition affected six women. The women had been recently diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), a condition that mimics a brain tumor and often causes increased pressure on the optic nerve that can lead to vision loss. Because each woma...

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FDA Accepts Wyeth's Supplemental New Drug Application for Tygacil for the Treatment of Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

...ally similar to tetracycline class antibiotics and may have similar adverse effects. Such effects may include: photosensitivity, pseudotumor cerebri and anti-anabolic action (which has led to increased BUN, azotemia, acidosis and hyperphosphatemia). As with tetracyclines, pancreatitis ...

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Pseudotumor cerebri

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), sometimes called by the older names benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) or pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), is a neurological disorder that is characterized by an increased... Pseudotumor Cerebri (Benign Intracranial Hypertension) information...

Papilledema

...ur without papilledema . ... The William F. Hoyt Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection is part of the Neuro ... Unilateral Papilledema . Pseudo tumor cerebri (Various causes) Brain tumor choke ... INTRODUCTION Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is also commonly called ... Overview and differ...

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'Fluorescent' cells give early warning for eye disease

...ward R. Petty, Ph.D., report their findings in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. The women had been recently diagnosed with pseudotumor cerebri (PTC), a condition that mimics a brain tumor and often causes increased pressure on the optic nerve that can lead to vision loss. Because each wom...