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'Phantom Tumors,' Linked to Obesity, Plague More Children

Lauren Ashley said she can still remember the moment doctors discovered her "phantom brain tumor," even though she only 5 years old at the time. She was at the hospital recovering from her second spinal tap that year after repeatedly telling her mother her "eyes hurt." Ashley, now 15, said she still gets headaches daily. "They are really sharp and burning, literally it feels like someone has a knife through your head. I'm constantly in pain," the Gahanna, Ohio, teen said. An ophthalmologist...Full Story
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