About 25% of spinal cord tumors are this type. They're more common in women than men, and they usually start in middle age or later. They grow in the meninges, the three membranes that cover and ...

These tumors start in your meninges, which are the tissues that cover and protect your brain and spinal cord. As meningiomas grow, they can put pressure on your brain tissues, cranial nerves, and ...

Finally, extradural tumors are the most common type of spinal tumor and originate from the bones of the spine or other structures outside of the layers covering the spinal cord. Spinal cord tumors can ...

The annual “Gains for Brains” event, a lacrosse tournament held in Cold Spring Harbor, raised money for the Making Headway Foundation. Twenty girls lacrosse teams competed at Cold Spring ...

“The tumor was wrapped around the patient’s spine and spinal cord and had invaded the vertebrae in her neck, just below the base of the skull,” according to Mohamed Labib, M.D., neurosurgeon ...

"The tumor was wrapped around the patient’s spine and spinal cord and had invaded the vertebrae in her neck, just below the base of the skull," according to Mohamed Labib, M.D., neurosurgeon at ...

The tumor could eventually cause paralysis, weakness, loss of balance and other symptoms, according to Molina. “These tumors are extremely risky because they actually grow within the spinal cord ...

The annual “Gains for Brains” event, a lacrosse tournament held in Cold Spring Harbor, raised money for the Making Headway Foundation. Twenty girls lacrosse teams competed at Cold Spring ...

WSAZ Children's Charities. Gray DC Bureau. ... Steve Loutzenhiser went for an MRI and found out, at only 41 years old, he had a tumor in his spinal cord that could not be easily removed.

The tournament raises money for the Making Headway Foundation – a nonprofit dedicated to helping children with brain and spinal cord tumors. Over the years, ...