A child's blood pressure may be influenced by exposure to air pollution before and shortly after birth, according to a study ...

Scientists have discovered that a part of the brain may be behind high blood pressure. The lateral parafacial region sits in ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Abdullah, E.M. (2026) Intracranial Hypertension as an Initial Presentation of Polycythemia Vera: A Case Report. Open Journal ...

Neurotechnology company CranioSense has been awarded approximately $5.5 million in non-dilutive funding through the NIH Blueprint MedTech Program and the U.S. Department of Defense's Joint Warfighter ...

Background and objective Venous manometry (VM) is the reference standard for confirming hemodynamically significant transverse sinus stenosis (TSS) in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).

Weight loss is the only proven disease-modifying strategy for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH). A 5%–10% reduction in total body weight can lead to significant improvement in papilledema, ...

Objective: This systematic literature review sought to examine telemetric intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring devices, evaluate their operating principles and applications in hydrocephalus ...

Background: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) commonly causes cerebral vasospasm and delayed ischemia. Spasm of the posterior communicating artery (PCoA) can disrupt cerebral hemodynamics. We assessed its ...

Cerebrospinal fluid shunting improved walking speed, gait, and balance in older adults with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus. An open-shunt valve setting led to no significant improvements in ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by gait disturbance, progressive mental deterioration and urinary incontinence associated with enlargement of the ventricular system and normal ...