Find out about the latest news, events and research from the Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation (IHRF)! The Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization working to help people with chronic intracranial hypertension (IH) by supporting & funding medical research to find better treatments & a cure. The Foundation has a 3-fold mission: --To catalyze and to directly fund new research that will lead to improved understanding of intracranial hypertension (IH), and to more effective therapies for those who have this disorder; --To educate the medical community and the general public with the facts about IH and to raise public awareness of the impact of this condition on the lives of those who develop it; and --To assist the IH community, including patients, their families, and their care teams, in better serving the medical needs of persons with IH. We serve all persons with IH, a chronic disorder defined as abnormally high cerebrospinal fluid pressure. The disorder can be triggered by a host of insults to the brain, including chemical, physical, and biological triggers, and often leads to loss of vision (blindness), significant neurological difficulties, and excruciating headaches. Those with IH are frequently disabled.