Changes in the optic disc can predict who will develop blind spots in their vision or lose sharpness of vision from ...
A team of interventional neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins reports wide success with a new procedure to treat pseudotumor cerebri, a rare but potentially blinding condition marked ...
A surgery turned life-threatening overnight for one Oklahoma City mother, but thanks to quick action from her daughter and medical team, she’s defying the odds. “There was a point doctors and people ...
Patients with 'blinding' headaches known as Idiopathic Intercranial Hypertension (IIH) could be treated with a GLP-1RA peptide used for type 2 diabetes, a new phase 2 trial has found. Patients with ...
Tucson residents Jackie Boorse and Heather Thrall Roscoe call themselves "shunt sisters" for the brain shunts they each have to manage a rare neurological disorder. Boorse, 28, and Thrall Roscoe, 39, ...
A woman was diagnosed with a rare brain condition that caused her eyes to randomly “switch off” - including while driving down a motorway. Shannen Broodryk, 28, who had complained of headaches and ...
A woman with a rare condition that makes her feel like she has a brain tumour can barely leave the house and is slowly going blind. Kim Slater, 30, from Bristol, lives with idiopathic intracranial ...
A mum-of-three has overcome her health issues and opened her own shop. Kayleigh Simpson, 34, from Boosbeck, always dreamed of starting her own business. And after her success selling her handmade wax ...