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 ...

Millions of people worldwide suffer from hydrocephalus, or a buildup of excess cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, and which recently received greater attention when Billy Joel announced his diagnosis.

Evangelist Billy Graham underwent successful surgery yesterday to update a shunt that controls excess fluid in his brain, and was expected to remain in the hospital for several days. Graham was listed ...

In this Innovation Spotlight, Dan Levangie, president and chief executive officer of CereVasc, discusses a new treatment strategy for NPH using an endovascularly implantable CSF shunt that minimizes ...

THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A simple shunt can restore walking ability and independence in elderly people with a rare brain condition, a major new clinical trial has found. Implanting ...

When music legend Billy Joel revealed that he had been diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) in 2025, he did more than share a personal health update—he shed light on a little-known but ...

A teen's 'exam stress' was actually a sign she had a brain tumor. Katie-Jo Bartlett, 19, said she would see "colors" on her ...

Lydia Griffin, 33, from Suffolk in England, first started experiencing 'splitting headaches' at age 6 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...