SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Professor Kim Jae-ho of the Department of Neurology at Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital delivered a presentation titled “Transcranial Focused ...

The typical signs and symptoms of idiopathic NPH are shown. In a retrospective study involving 418 patients with shunt-responsive idiopathic NPH, 96% of the patients had gait difficulty, 76% had ...

Approximately 400,000 cases of infantile and childhood hydrocephalus occur worldwide annually. 1 For most affected patients, treatment is inadequate because of limited access to care. Left untreated, ...

In a comparison study between MRI and ultrasound for predicting cerebral palsy in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, researchers from Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA, found that ...

A mother is speaking out Monday to help find a cure for her 1-year-old son's brain condition.It's called hydrocephalus."I went to my typical 20-week ultrasound for the anatomy scan," mom Brooke Lewis ...

Why do some children have abnormally large heads? This most probably is a result of hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus is a word derived from Greek – ‘hydro’ meaning water and ‘cephalous’ referring to the ...

When you hear the words ‘water on the brain,’ it instantly sounds frightening. But behind that phrase is a condition called hydrocephalus, which, while serious, is also treatable with the right care.

The collage depicts the concepts of evidence-based guidelines for best patient management. Included are depictions of a patient with hydrocephalus and various treatment modalities including insertion ...