I'm not sure if this belongs in g.r.i.n. considering the gravity of the reasons but I'm very glad to know this has happened.

Update to this story. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

She needed to have half of her brain removed due to the fact that she suffered from a very rare illness known as Rasmussen’s encephalitis, which eats away at the brain of the person infected. picked by AfroMosHi 4 weeks ago

A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. picked by muppet 4 months ago

A British man has been jailed for three years for urinating on a disabled woman as she lay dying, in an attack filmed by a friend on his mobile phone. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

German artist Gregor Schneider is planning the ultimate (literally!) performance art piece: he plans to show a person dying as part of the exhibition! picked by doggylives 3 months ago

Evidently the poor dying woman was blocking a really good sale. picked by readingitall 1 year ago

Probing a glowing bubble of gas and dust encircling a dying star, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a wealth of previously unseen structures. The object, called NGC 2371, is a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a Sun-like star. The remnant star visible at the center of NGC 2371 is the super-hot core of the former red giant, now stripped of its outer layers. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Sen.Kennedy, 76, who was diagnosed recently with a brain tumor is to have surgery this coming Monday followed by chemotherapy treatment.

Update to This story. picked by doggylives 3 months ago

Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person’s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to “see” someone else’s dream. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

Nice story-for a change. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Some people's heartlessness just blows my mind. picked by SarahFish 1 year ago

James says that, as obesity rates soar, the list of cancers associated with those extra pounds is growing: "Breast cancer, particularly post-menopausal breast cancer, cancer of the large bowel, and cancer of the pancreas, those are the three big ones.

In other news: Hot Dogs, beer and nachos banned from sporting events. (Well, you can't smoke there either). picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

When Cordelia Cowsill was born, her future looked bleak indeed. She was suffering from an incurable genetic condition for which the only possible hope was to have half her brain removed. Doctors warned her parents, Amanda and Martyn Cowsill, that their daughter would never walk, talk, cry or smile like a normal child - even if she survived. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Being creative or artistic doesn’t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world.
Creative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

If you're a World of Warcraft fan, you'll appreciate this wish! picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

American writer Susan Sontag was terrified of death. She beat cancer in the 1970s, and again in the 1990s, but third time around she wasn't so lucky. In a tender account of her final illness, her son David Rieff recalls how he colluded with his mother's fantasy that she wasn't dying - and what this ultimately cost him after she had gone picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Grieving parents now learn that their 15 year old son died from a rare form of brain cancer, rather than meningitis as originally diagnosed. picked by suebe 5 months ago

Death and dying are arguably our last taboos

This exhibition features people whose lives are coming to an end. It explores the experiences, hopes and fears of the terminally ill. All of them agreed to be photographed shortly before and immediately after death. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) thousands of workers are dying each year from cancer related to WHAT? The answer is asbestos, tobacco smoke, benzene, and other carcinogens. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago