Brain Awareness Week: Day Five

Brain Awareness Week: Day Five

  The Central Nervous System The central nervous system (CNS) is composed of the brain and the spinal cord. Its main function is as the processing center for the nervous system, taking in information received through sensory systems and other parts of the body,...
Brain Awareness Week: Day Four

Brain Awareness Week: Day Four

  Cranial Nerves and Spinal CSF Leak For day four of Brain Awareness Week, we’re discussing the impact of spinalcerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak on cranial nerves. The cranial nerves are a group of 12 paired nerves that start in the back of your brain and extend...
Brain Awareness Week: Day Three

Brain Awareness Week: Day Three

  Chiari 1 Malformation and Spinal CSF Leak Sometimes, intracranial hypotension (low volume of cerebrospinal fluid within the skull) due to spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak can be mistakenly attributed to Chiari 1 malformation.   What is Chiari 1 malformation?...
Brain Awareness Week: Day Two

Brain Awareness Week: Day Two

  Head pain due to spinal CSF leak For many people experiencing spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, the most prominent symptom is head pain that worsens when upright and improves when lying down. But some patients never experience this kind of orthostatic...
National Women Physicians Day

National Women Physicians Day

  National Women Physicians Day marks the birthday of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first American woman to earn a medical degree. Blackwell was drawn to medicine after a dying friend remarked that had a female doctor cared for her, she might not have suffered so much....
In conversation with Dr. Mark Mamlouk

In conversation with Dr. Mark Mamlouk

Spinal CSF Leak Foundation in conversation with Dr. Mark Mamlouk   Dr. Mamlouk took some time to discuss with us his most recent publication, “Factors Predictive of Treatment Success in CT Guided Fibrin Occlusion of CSF-Venous Fistulas, a Multicenter...