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‘I feel like I’ve been shot in the head’: Mother, daughter survive complex brain aneurysms

‘I feel like I’ve been shot in the head’: Mother, daughter survive complex brain aneurysms

A mother and daughter share the life-threatening experience of having complex brain aneurysms, from which both made full recoveries after having endovascular surgery performed by UT Southwestern neurosurgeon Rafael De Oliveira Sillero, M.D.

Rafael De Oliveira Sillero, M.D.

September 18, 2024

Trials assess novel nanoparticle’s impact on brain cancer patients

Trials assess novel nanoparticle’s impact on brain cancer patients

Two studies underway at UT Southwestern are building upon existing nanoparticle technology to deliver brain cancer medications directly to the brain. Neurosurgeon Toral Patel, M.D., and Neuro-Oncologist Michael Youssef, M.D., discuss how the ReSPECT clinical trials may give hope to patients living with glioblastoma and leptomeningeal disease.

Toral Patel, M.D. / Michael Youssef, M.D.

July 12, 2024

NPH: A misunderstood form of dementia that can be reversed

NPH: A misunderstood form of dementia that can be reversed

Some patients with Alzheimer’s may actually have NPH, a nuanced disease that causes fluid buildup in the brain. See how UTSW recognizes and treats it.

Padraig O'Suilleabhain, M.D. / Jon White, M.D. / Jeffrey Schaffert, Ph.D.

September 28, 2023

Prioritizing mental health care in patients with epilepsy

Prioritizing mental health care in patients with epilepsy

People with epilepsy are at increased risk of mental health disorders (and vice versa). This is why neuropsychiatrists should be embedded in your epilepsy care.

Chadrick Lane, M.D.

March 8, 2023

Brain mapping unlocks treatments for movement, mental health disorders

Brain mapping unlocks treatments for movement, mental health disorders

Disruptions in the brain’s communication network can cause severe depression, tremors, and seizures. See how brain mapping helps control symptoms and improve quality of life.

Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D.

August 10, 2022

Boy is seizure-free after advanced epilepsy surgery

Boy is seizure-free after advanced epilepsy surgery

Born 16 weeks early, Jordan's health defied the odds. But at age 4, he started having back-to-back seizures – as many as 50 a day. See how team-based care and precision epilepsy surgery gave Jordan his life back, free from seizures.

Dallas Armstrong, M.D. / Angela Price, M.D.

March 18, 2021