The Forefront

Brain tumors are rare, scary and can be quite serious. UChicago Medicine experts Bakhtiar Yamini, MD, and Lauren Singer, MD, discuss how brain tumors and brain cancer are diagnosed and treated.

UChicago researchers found that people who develop sensory disabilities with age tend to have worse mental health, and that different types of sensory disability are associated with different aspects of mental health.

A Homewood grandmother is part of a nationwide clinical trial that combines the best-known lung cancer treatment, osimerinib, with a second proven cancer medication, bevacizumab. The goal is to determine whether the two medications combined can deliver even better outcomes for patients.

As mpox continues to spread, it’s more important than ever that people understand how this virus is transmitted, what activities put people at risk and what to do if you think you’re infected or have been exposed.