Within a week of being born prematurely in 2010, Noah Goswick was not just fighting to breathe without a ventilator. He was battling for his life. "He was born 3½ months premature, and while he w… ...

Hydrocephalus constitutes about 70% of the cases that we treat. Annually, we perform approximately 1,300 surgeries for hydrocephalus cases at Cure Children's Hospital in Mbale," Wegoye said.

Hydrocephalus can be congenital. For instance, children who are born with spina bifida, a defect in which the spinal cord does not fully form at birth, are prone to fluid buildup in their brains ...

There are several causes of hydrocephalus that can lead to someone developing the condition. Today, it is the most common reason for brain surgery in children. 2.

Founded in 1983 by parents of children with hydrocephalus, the Hydrocephalus Association has grown to become the nation's largest and most widely respected organization dedicated to hydrocephalus ...

The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network consists of many children’s hospitals working together to effect improvements in current treatment. This group of institutions has several aims with ...

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is one of nine institutions that make up the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network, which will continually study long-term outcomes of the surgery compared to shunts.

It affects an estimated 1 million adults and children in the U.S., according to the Hydrocephalus Association, and most often appears at birth, as it did with Laci, occurring in one out of every ...

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 ...

The hospital said the two children, aged four and 16, were the first in the UK to use the new monitoring system. Children can be born with hydrocephalus and the condition can develop in adults.

The Hydrocephalus Association began funding research in 2009. Since then, HA has committed over $15.5 million to research, making it the largest nonprofit, non-governmental funder of hydrocephalus ...