TALLAHASSEE, Fla – Imagine finding out you have a life altering illness– when you only believed you needed glasses. That’s exactly what happened to one woman who suffers from Idiopathic Intracranial ...

Obesity predisposes to IIH, and the mechanism proposed is that central obesity raises intra-abdominal pressure, which increases pleural pressure and cardiac filling pressures, which in turn impedes ...

The incidence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) — characterized by increased cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) pressure — is rising considerably, corresponding to population increases in body ...

Young women who are obese are at risk of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), which can cause crippling headaches and result in permanently impaired vision or even blindness. Alexandra Sinclair ...

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 ...

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 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 ...