A drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes may reduce excess fluid in the brains of patients with hydrocephalus, which ...

Swelling in the brain (hydrocephalus) is one of the possible problems. It's caused by the buildup of CSF and blood between the brain and skull. This can increase the pressure on the brain. A ...

ABSTRACT The illustrious Colombian Professor Salomón Hakim provided the annals of neurology with one of the most brilliant and original bodies of research on record, developing the concept of normal ...

These infants develop chorioretinitis that can lead to blindness, obstructive hydrocephalus, and intracranial calcifications that are associated with mental retardation, seizure activity, and ...

In a remarkable surgical feat lasting over four hours, a team of Cuban neurosurgeons successfully removed a rare colloid cyst ...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious condition that is common among neurological patients. If undiagnosed and untreated, it may lead to hypertension, coronary heart disease, pulmonary ...

BACKGROUND Children with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt for obstructive hydrocephalus can present acutely with symptoms of shunt blockage and any delay in diagnosis results in serious complications ...

Hydrocephalus is recognized as enlarged ventricles out of proportion to the amount of cerebral atrophy. Communicating hydrocephalus occurs when the ventricular system is in continuity with the ...

Regional fat mass index (FMI), particularly abdominal FMI, is strongly associated with an increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to study results published in Metabolic Syndrome ...

There are two kinds of sleep apnea: obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea happens when air can’t flow into or out of the nose or mouth, although you’re trying to ...

The Lahey Clinic, Boston, Mass. Read at the Annual Meeting of the Vermont State Medical Society at Barre, October 6, 1933. Clute, Howard M. — Surgeon, Lahey Clinic. Swinton, Neil W. — Surgical ...