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What’s the Brain Disorder Forcing Billy Joel to Cancel His Tour? An Expert Explains

Billy Joel is canceling all of his shows for 2025 after being diagnosed with a brain disorder that can cause physical and cognitive impairment.

Joel was able to get back on his feet and finish his set, but a month later, he announced that he was postponing future shows after undergoing surgery for a “medical condition” that required physical therapy.) With no single diagnostic test available to detect NPH, doctors rely on these pieces of clinical evidence, along with CAT scans or MRIs of the brain, to show where fluid has built up. But they’re not an outright cure, and Matouk pushes back against the perception of NPH as a kind of reversible dementia, saying, “Even with treatment, the memory problems are not improved to nearly as great an extent as gait and bladder control.”

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