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Leading researcher Professor Alexandra Sinclair from BHP founder member the University of Birmingham has been awarded £1.68m to fund research into intracranial hypertension (raised brain pressure), and develop a new treatment for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), a rare condition that causes disabling headaches and can lead to blindness. The award from the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust will … Continue reading “Birmingham researcher awarded £1.68m to fund IIH research”

Increased levels of hormones including testosterone could cause a brain condition that can lead to blindness in women, say researchers from BHP founder member the University of Birmingham. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension – also known as IIH – is caused by high pressure in the brain resulting in incapacitating daily long-term headaches and even blindness. Originally … Continue reading “Excess hormones could cause IIH, a condition that can leave women blind”

Imaging techniques ordinarily used by eye doctors to monitor the optic nerve could offer a non-invasive method of measuring and managing potentially dangerous swelling in the skull, finds a new UK study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham – a BHP founder-member. Intracranial pressure (ICP) – or pressure within the skull often caused … Continue reading “New non-invasive technique measures brain swelling”