Last month it was a malignant glioma. This month, it was brain surgery.
What’s next for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy? Conquering the world?
Nope, just some good ol’ fashioned radiation and chemotherapy.
Once Kennedy recovers from the 3 1/2 hours of brain surgery he successfully underwent yesterday at Duke University Medical Center (during this recovery time, doctors will treat and observe him for brain swelling, seizures, bleeding, and blood clots), he’ll head back up north to begin radiation and chemotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital.
While the outlook for patients with malignant gliomas isn’t great, the associate deputy director of Duke’s brain tumor center, Dr. …read more

Last Saturday, I informed you of Sen. Edward “Ted” M. Kennedy’s seizure, including Yahoo! News’s slightly humorous definition of seizure (”electrical storms in the brain” – well, the definition itself isn’t that humorous – just the images it conjures), and wished Kennedy a speedy recovery.
Unfortunately, we’ve since found out Kennedy’s recovery most likely won’t be that speedy.
Various news articles have reported that Kennedy has a brain tumor, and tests show his seizure was caused by malignant glioma.
From azcentral.com:
Malignant gliomas are a type of brain cancer diagnosed in about 9,000 Americans a year – and the most common type among …read more

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered a seizure today and, after undergoing a series of tests at Massachusetts General Hospital, is currently “resting comfortably” according to his spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter.
According to this Yahoo! News article, seizures are “little electrical storms in the brain” that “tend to be brief” and “can happen to anyone [...] especially if there has been some prior brain trauma.”
Cutter states that it’s unlikely anyone will know anything about Kennedy’s brain electrical storm for the next 48 hours. In the meantime, various political figures have visited and offered prayers including Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, New York Sen. Hillary …read more