Doctor Daniel Maitrot, who heads the neurosurgery department at The University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, is testing a highly innovative surgical operation for the treatment of Tarlov cysts. The first patient is a French physician. Click "Read more..." to read her remarkable story.

Johns Hopkins Medicine has installed the world’s most advanced CT imaging software and machinery, that can image tiny vessels safely with less radiation. Dr.  Kieren Murphy said the machine will give a "treamendous advantage" over existing technology for diseases including Tarlov cysts.

Susan Presberg-Greene, MD’s story of her IC diagnosis reads just like so many others. In 1998, she suddenly had terrible burning urethral pain. She’d had urinary tract infections before, so she thought this was another one and took antibiotics...

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