This year at the annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) they added pediatrics to their Integrated Medical Learning (IML) program.  Dr. Neil Feldstein from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center was one of the presenters during a session on the surgical management of Chiari Malfo...

Sherman Alexie, winner of a National Book Award, has just come out with a new book of short stories called “War Dances” as reported by the New York Times, LA Times, and the Colbert Report. NY Times called his last book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a “commercial breakthrough." In this book, Alexie created a character who like himself was born with a condition called Hydrocephalus.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) depletion may be caused by a leak, a shunt, inadequate production or too-rapid absorption. Symptoms Symptoms commonly include: Headaches, which are more severe in the upright position and are alleviated by lying down with the head lower than the...