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Brain Cancer Started As Pounding Headache For Service Director At Westchester Auto Dealer Brain Cancer Started As Pounding Headache For Service Director At Westchester Auto Dealer
Brain Cancer Started As Pounding Headache For Service Director At Westchester Auto Dealer One day, Richie Nelson was enjoying summer with his wife and young boys.  Then suddenly, he was being airlifted to a hospital where he'd undergo emergency brain surgery to remove the tumor that had been causing confusion and a massive headache for weeks. The 39-year-old dad, who is the service director for Mercedes-Benz of New Rochelle, has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer that has turned his life upside-down. Much of the future is unknown for Nelson and his family, which is why his wife, Jenny Bertolini, says these days, they're focused on the here …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Westchester Surgeon From Netflix Show Rids Grandmother Of Massive Tumor Westchester Surgeon From Netflix Show Rids Grandmother Of Massive Tumor
Westchester Surgeon From Netflix Show Rids Grandmother Of Massive Tumor A Westchester County neurosurgeon from popular Netflix docu-series "Lenox Hill," has saved yet another life. This one, an 89-year-old grandmother from Northern New Jersey, turned away by countless doctors refusing to operate on a football-sized tumor that took over her skull -- and her life. For 25 years, Lorenza De La Villa of Teaneck, in Bergen County, barely noticed the small tumor in the back of her head. She found it in 1995, when she was 64 years old.  It was benign. It didn't hurt. It never grew. "She did what doctors told her to do," said one of De La Villa's 22 grandchi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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WMC Helps Tappan Teen Recover From Near-Tragic Bike Ride WMC Helps Tappan Teen Recover From Near-Tragic Bike Ride
WMC Helps Tappan Teen Recover From Near-Tragic Bike Ride Riding her bike to school one day, Jordan Duffy experienced an accident that would change her life forever. Not wearing a helmet, she and a friend pulled out of her family's driveway and began to pedal away. Suddenly, an approaching car veered towards the teens, causing her to collide head-on, flip head over heels and land on her head. A neighbor witnessed the impact and the seizure that followed, and called 911. Other neighbors ran over to help. “It was surreal,” said Jordan’s dad, Matthew. “She was out of it. Moving, but not moaning. Rubbing her head, but not speaking.” An ambulance whisk…

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