John’s spinal CSF leak story Spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak can affect anyone at any age. John was 71 years old when he experienced his first symptoms. Here is his story. A troubling symptom emerges How old were you when your spinal CSF leak symptoms...
A new podcast The Spinal CSF Leak Foundation is excited to announce a new podcast series, titled “The Territory and the Map.” The podcast features Foundation Executive Director Andrea Buchanan and trauma therapist Dr. John Reiman in conversation about the...
September is pain awareness month For most people experiencing spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, pain is one of the most prominent, unrelenting symptoms, and treating it and living with it can be extremely challenging. According to the US Pain Foundation, 50...
Meet Dr. Mark Mamlouk, a neuroradiologist at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara and the regional neuroradiology lead within The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG). Dr. Mamlouk received his medical degree from the University of Arizona and completed his radiology residency at...
What is Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension? Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension or IIH is a condition characterized by increased pressure inside the skull. (Idiopathic means “arising from an unknown cause”; intracranial means “in the skull”; and hypertension...
Dr. Wouter Schievink at the 2023 Cedars-Sinai Intracranial Hypotension Conference Dr. Wouter Schievink, Professor of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, CA, presented this talk on “Clinical mimics: Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia and Bibrachial...
