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View Post: Living life to the full around the world: Hydrocephalus can create ...
15 Nov 2009 by Susie  
Normal pressure hydrocephalus is the form that occurs most often among older adults. It can be brought on by any one of a number of factors, such as a head injury, an infection, surgery or a brain hemorrhage. ...
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View Post: Mental Retardation
27 Nov 2009 by Health and Fitness Expert  
In some cases, excessive brain fluid (Hydrocephalus) can also be corrected, minimizing the extent of brain damage. The physical defects that often accompany mental retardation can be similarly treated. For example, cleft palate, ...
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View Post: Advanced pediatric neurosurgery program at Geisinger focuses on ...
19 Nov 2009
"Brain and spinal tumors, movement disorders, hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain), spina bifida, epilepsy, brain malformations and muscle spasticity are very amenable to neurosurgery treatments." According to Steven Toms, M.D., ...
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View Post: Is It Naptime Yet?: Prayers Please
3 hours ago by Korie  
A mere 14 1/2 months later, little sister, Ashlyn Grace, was born on June 1st, 2009 with aqueductal stenosis/hydrocephalus. When she was only 2 days old, she required surgery to place a shunt in her brain. This blog will chronicle my ...
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View Post: Hydrocephalus
13 Nov 2009 by admin  
Hydrocephalus is a condition that occurs when there is too much cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles (cavities) of the brain. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced in the brain, and is needed by the body to protect the brain and spinal ...
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View Post: From Brain Diagrams to Skin Seals, U of U Researchers Plan Far ...
28 Oct 2009
John Kestle, M.D., professor of neurosurgery, received $994700 to conduct comparative effectiveness research into treatments for pediatric hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain). Research into pediatric hydrocephalus largely has been ...
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View Post: Gene's Story
16 Nov 2009
hydrocephalus this means “water on the brain”. (Hydrocephalus is due to a problem with the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the liquid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. CSF moves through pathways of the brain called ventricles ...
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