The developers of a minimally invasive implant for treating hydrocephalus have raised $43.9 million to help launch first-in-human clinical testing. Sometimes referred to as water on the brain, ...

Hydrocephalus is a condition where fluid builds in brain cavities, and causes potentially damaging pressure on the brain. Surgeons implant a tube called a shunt to drain the excess fluid and relieve ...

Radio personality and The Partridge Family actor Danny Bonaduce made headlines this week as he announced he would be undergoing brain surgery to treat hydrocephalus, a neurological condition that ...

Dr. Michael A. Williams, professor of neurology and neurological surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a hydrocephalus experts, holds an example of a valve for a brain shunt ...

Researchers have learned that the same molecular pathway is involved in both the infectious and hemorrhagic forms of acquired hydrocephalus, a life-threatening disease that triggers a massive ...

Q: I am 66 years old and I have symptomatic hydrocephalus. My neurologist has suggested that I have a shunt inserted. What is you opinion about me having this procedure performed at this time of my ...

Implanting a brain shunt in older people diagnosed with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is effective in improving their symptoms, a randomized, double-blinded, multi-center patient ...