Lobotomy is a surgical procedure performed on the brain. The brain has several lobes, each with different functions. The frontal lobe was the part of the brain targeted in the standard lobotomy ...

A lobotomy is a type of brain surgery that involves severing the connection between the frontal lobe and other parts of the brain. Lobotomies became popular in the 1930s as a treatment for certain ...

Following the lobotomy, Rosemary was sent to live at a Catholic facility for the mentally disabled in Jefferson, Wisconsin Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty A ...

Thirty years after doctors stopped performing lobotomies to treat mental illness, epilepsy and even chronic headaches, relatives of patients who suffered after undergoing the procedure want the Nobel ...

There’s a growing pushback against the practice of transgender surgery on minors at the state level. And it now appears Supreme Court justices are also questioning state-level efforts to silence ...

In the U.S., lobotomies are no longer used as surgery to treat psychiatric problems. Some other types of psychosurgery are still performed when other treatments have failed. Few medical procedures in ...

Rosemary Kennedy inspired sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver to create the Special Olympics Rosemary Kennedy was the eldest daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy and his wife, Rose. For many years, the story of ...

Warner Baxter was the highest-paid actor in 1938, but the Oscar winner’s mental health deteriorated as he skyrocketed to fame – resulting in two nervous breakdowns. The late actor’s rise to stardom ...

The story of Henry Molaison is a sad one. Known as Patient H.M. to the medical community, he lost the ability to create memories after he underwent a lobotomy to treat his seizures. He did earn a ...

DES MOINES - Nearly 60 years later, it's hard to understand why a doctor performed life-altering brain surgery on Dick Meredith, a young man with relatively mild mental problems. Meredith, who died in ...