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

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 ...

Over 36,000 shunt surgeries are performed annually in the U.S. Hydrocephalus is the most common cause of brain surgery in children in Canada and the U.S. The second most common treatment for ...

Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus. Nature Neuroscience, 2022; 25 (4): 458 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01043-3 ...

"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>.

Now, treatment advancements are leading to success for many kids with the condition. Like most 12-year-olds, Madelyn Edgecomb of Fresno loves to listen to music. Her favorite?

Witnesses testified about treatment for hydrocephalus. Benjamin Warf spoke about his new surgical procedure that reduced the number of hydrocephalus-related deaths in Ugandan children ...

Hydrocephalus, which is the buildup of fluid deep in the cavities of the brain, can happen at any age. Most children who have hydrocephalus it are born with it. It occurs in one or two per 1,000 ...

Currently, there is no prevention for hydrocephalus — and there is no cure. The most common treatment is brain surgery to implant a medical device known as a shunt, but a shunt is not a cure.

Because traditional treatment of hydrocephalus—insertion of shunts—is both prohibitively expensive and requires sustained medical monitoring beyond the reach of most children in the developing ...

Original Article Archive Current Treatment of Infantile Hydrocephalus Author: Donald D. Matson, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published November 15, 1956 N Engl J Med 1956;255: 933 - 936 ...