Our findings suggest that GLP-1 therapy holds real promise. While a randomized trial is still needed, the fact that many patients with IIH already qualify for GLP-1s due to diabetes or obesity means ...

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 ...

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham shows that a brain waste- “clean-up” system is influenced by intracranial pressure. The system, called the glymphatic system, was ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 32-year-old woman with a medical history of hypertension and obesity and an ocular history of myopia presented ...

The prevalence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is dramatically higher in Black and Hispanic women vs people of other races and ethnicities, new research shows. Investigators found IIH ...