A 33-year-old father from Townsville has opened up about his harrowing battle with a rare and relentless brain condition that ...

The model had posted about her health condition on social media in March, explaining to fans she needed surgery because of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) "the size of a golf ball".

Barr opted to have brain surgery rather than risk the AVM rupturing again. She says she remembers being in severe pain in the hospital before the operation. "It felt as if someone were trying to ...

In March, the model revealed she had been battling a brain AVM and needed surgery for of it. Markovich appeared on season nine of “Australia’s Next Top Model” in 2015 at the age of 17.

revealing that she was scheduled to undergo brain surgery on March 26 to treat the AVM “in the back of her brain.” The procedure was later moved to April 2. On April 11, her Instagram account ...

Markovic revealed that she was scheduled to undergo brain surgery on March 26 to treat the AVM “in the back of her brain” which she compared to the size of a golf ball. The procedure was moved ...

The "Australia's Next Top Model" alum enjoyed a brief career working for, among others, Versace, Givenchy, Giorgio Armani and ...

Lucy Markovic, a former contestant on Australia’s Next Top Model and an internationally acclaimed model, has passed away at the age of 27.

Last month, Lucy explained she would be undergoing surgery for a bran AVM (arteriovenous malformation). The NHS describes an AVM as: "A tangle of blood vessels in the brain or on the brain surface.

In her statement, Markovic explained her AVM was “the size of a golf ball” and would require surgery to remove. That surgery reportedly took place on April 2. Her family and friends shared a ...