I was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma last year after I went to the doctor due to more frequent headaches. I read that surgery often is needed for these tumors, but my physician said I did not need ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that using an innovative surgical approach to remove an acoustic neuroma, a slow-growing, benign brain tumor, improved ...

The translabyrinthine approach is an option for removing a benign ear tumor called an acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma. Surgeons make an incision behind the ear and remove bone from the inner ...

Kelly Stafford, wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, is back home and resting after a 12-hour brain surgery. Stafford shared in early April that she was experiencing symptoms of a rare, ...

What is Morton's Neuroma? Morton’s neuroma is a condition that causes continuous pain in the ball of the foot that lies below the toes. People feel like they have stamped a stone or a fold of a sock.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has named Mia Miller, MD, director of its Division of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery within the Jim and Eleanor Randall Department of Surgery. According to a July ...

Hearing loss, ringing in your ear, unexplained dizziness - many people might think it's just the typical signs of aging. But for some, it can be much more: Acoustic neuromas, although rare, can be ...

Pictured above from left to right are Rick Friedman, MD, PhD, and Marc Schwartz, MD, internationally recognized co-directors of the acoustic neuroma program at UC San Diego Health. They work with a ...