In May 2025, Billy Joel revealed that he'd been diagnosed with a brain condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus. Here’s ...

This announcement comes on the heels of receiving the EU CE Mark and US FDA Clearance of Alivio ReFlow™ Ventricular System for the treatment of hydrocephalus. The FDA 510 (k) clearance and EU ...

Billy Joel's daughter Alexa Ray Joel says her father has been "incredibly resilient" as he manages his health following his ...

The Hydrocephalus Association is hosting its Iowa WALK to End Hydrocephalus September 20 in Coralville. Hydrocephalus is a ...

The Kenning family raised more than $23,500 for hydrocephalus research as a show of gratitude for the life-changing treatment and care that Dr. Elias Rizk and his team at Penn State Children's ...

Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI will lead two grants totaling $11.7 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund research on discovering a drug treatment for hydrocephalus, a ...

But organizers of the Detroit Walk To End Hydrocephalus on Sept. 24 at River Bends Park in Shelby Township are hoping for a cure and at the very least better treatments for the disorder that ...

"Molecular mechanism of hydrocephalus could lead to the first-ever non-surgical treatment." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 8 March 2023. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 03 / 230308112221.htm>.

Indeed, the only known treatment for acquired hydrocephalus is brain surgery, which involves implantation of a catheter-like shunt to drain fluid from the brain.

The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN), which Kestle chairs, has shown that endoscopic third ventriculostomy with choroid plexus cauterization is the most effective shunt-free treatment ...