"You don't need most of your brain to lead a normal life," is a sentiment that often accompanies a widely shared set of medical images that allegedly show a 44-year-old man who was "missing 90% of ...

The images were first published in the medical journal The Lancet in 2007. What's False: It does not appear that this excess fluid caused 90% of the man’s brain to go “missing,” as some ...

Medical images published in 2007 document a 44-year-old man who was “missing 90% of his brain.” Rating: What's True: The images are authentic and genuinely show the brain of a 44-year-old man with an ...

Brain aneurysm surgery may create a scar on the scalp, which will heal and reduce over time. Learn more about brain aneurysm surgery scars here.

During quiet waking, brain activity in mice suggests the animals are daydreaming about a recent image. Having daydreams about a recently viewed image predicted how the brain would respond to the ...

Brain tumors can be benign or malignant. The tumor is given a numbered score which reflects its rate of malignancy. "This score can help doctors determine how to treat the tumor and predict the ...

But Niceta's mother, Janice Dudley, provided CBS News Colorado with 16 pages of medical records along with images from a recent MRI which showed a significant tumor in Niceta's brain.