Billy Joel shared an update on his health nearly two months after he announced he had been diagnosed with a brain disorder. Joel, 76, canceled all of his upcoming concerts in May following his normal ...

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

Doctors may also do what’s called a lumbar puncture to drain the excess fluid. If the person’s symptoms improve, the condition is often diagnosed as normal pressure hydrocephalus, or NPH.

Key points A 71-year-old arable and livestock farmer from Southwestern Ontario was transferred from a peripheral hospital to our tertiary care centre owing to an 18-month history of cognitive decline ...

Though it can happen at any age, normal pressure hydrocephalus is most common in older adults. It is most often diagnosed through a combination of neurological testing and brain imaging.

Normal pressure hydrocephalus primarily occurs in people over 65, although it is rare overall. The Cleveland Clinic estimates that about 0.2% of people ages 70-80 and 5.9% of people over 80 have ...

Symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) are bucketed into three categories, according to the Hydrocephalus Association: those that affect walking, those that affect cognitive abilities ...

(WGHP) — It’s a condition that affects more than 700,000 people in the United States, but most of us had never heard of normal pressure hydrocephalus, or NPH, until last week. Singer Billy ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) occurs when cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the ventricles of the brain, creating pressure that can cause gait issues, problems with hearing and vision, and ...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Vincent Vacca, MSN RN CCRN Disclosures J Neurosci Nurs. 2007;39 (2):107-111. 0 ...

Gait Disorder is the Cardinal Sign of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Case Study Lt. John J. Fraser; Cira Fraser Disclosures J Neurosci Nurs. 2007;39 (6):132-134,192. 0 ...