Meningitis refers to inflammation of the meninges, that is; the membranes that surround the brain and the spinal cord. This ...

Laila Simnett was in her second week at university when she started feeling unwell. But she had no idea how serious things ...

Among the patients who visit the hospital due to back pain, the most diagnosed disease is 'intervertebral disc ...

At the hospital an emergency GP told Laila they suspected bacterial meningitis - a life-threatening infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord (meninges).

Marjan was then diagnosed with a rare complication called leptomeningeal cancer, where the disease spreads from its original ...

Nigel and Marjan Joyce died from brain cancer and breast cancer respectively, leaving behind two young girls, aged 8 and 4, who have been taken in by Nigel ...

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns talked to a neurosurgeon at UPMC about the connection between the brain and spinal cord and when ...