A new study found that certain types of birth control, such as Depo-Provera and hormonal IUDs, are linked to a risk of benign ...

Women who use Depo-Provera face a higher risk of developing a slow-growing brain tumor, known as a meningioma, while the ...

Internationally Published Research Helps Patients Understand When Stereotactic Radiosurgery May Be the Right Choice for ...

One in four sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain ...

A 25-year nationwide study found specific hormonal contraceptives may be associated with rare brain tumors highlighting the ...

Patients seeking complex meningioma surgery are increasingly traveling to Los Angeles after being told elsewhere that their tumors are too dangerous to remove completely or that only a partial ...

A new study linked birth control to an unusual risk of brain tumors.

A diagnosis of a brain tumor can be frightening. Of the more than 100 types of brain tumors, meningioma and glioblastoma are two of the most common. Dr. Wendy Sherman, a Mayo Clinic neuro-oncologist, ...

For decades, millions of women have relied on the Depo-Provera birth control shot as a convenient form of long-term contraception. However, growing medical evidence has linked long-term Depo-Provera ...

In recent years, several major medical studies have identified a potential association between the Depo-Provera birth control shot and the development of meningioma brain tumors. Meningioma is ...

VACCINATION RATE, THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS LOW. IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, WE GET THE FACTS ON MENINGIOMA. IT’S A TUMOR INSIDE YOUR HEAD. THEY’RE USUALLY BENIGN, BUT AS OUR LACEE GRIFFITH EXPLAINS, ...