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Hydrocephalus Complications on Grey’s Anatomy 1 Nov 2011 | 09:30 am
In ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy’s, the terrifying malfunction of a child’s shunt is featured. Fifty percent of shunts fail within the first two years of their use, making shunt surgery the “bread and butter” ...
Hydrocephalus In Grey’s Antomy Storyline. 7 May 2011 | 02:30 am
Over the span of the ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy series, Hydrocephalus has been included in the storyline several times. In last night’s episode, (May 5, 2011) two of the main characters, Derrick and Meredit...
Riley’s Story 10 Nov 2010 | 04:38 pm
In March of 2007 during my routine ultrasound, I found out that my baby girl had a very severe form of Hydrocephalus. Her head was so large that the technician couldn’t even measure the full circumfer...
Potential seen in invention for child hydro patients 30 Sep 2010 | 11:33 am
Scientists with the Van Andel Research Institute believe a new invention that “mimics” a patient’s internal environment could better help treatment of child hydrocephalus patients. Working with resea...
Haylee’s Story 28 Sep 2010 | 04:02 pm
For a new mother there is a rush of excitement and worry that comes when you are about to give birth to your child. Being 16 increased that worry on me even more. So when I was rushed into an emergenc...
How can health care law begin helping hydro patients, today? 24 Sep 2010 | 01:39 pm
Today marked the official start of several key provision of President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress’s recently-passed health care reform bill. However, as one Glendale News-Press commentat...
Sweet little Yehia 24 Sep 2010 | 01:15 pm
I am a mother of 11 months old beautiful boy named Yehia. I am an assistant lecturer of radiodiagnosis and I susspected my baby’s case while being pregnant yet everybody told me everything is O.K. w...
Sticker Campaign 24 Sep 2010 | 10:43 am
Tonight, ABC will air the season premier of their hospital drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” On the same day, Gabriel’s Life will launch a campaign to get a Gabriel’s Life sticker on the prime time television s...
Phil Myers 10 Sep 2010 | 08:51 am
I was born on August 8, 1973 with Congential Toxoplasmosis. During the summer of 1992, I lost my right eye completely to the Toxoplasmosis condition. While attending a school for the blind in the San...
Still kicking butt over 30 years after Shunt #1 10 Sep 2010 | 08:49 am
Even with the numerous scars on my chest, abdomen, and scalp, it’s often easy to forget that I was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and received the first of 24 shunts over 30 years ago just before turnin...
