News tagged with lumbar puncture

Advance toward a breath test to diagnose multiple sclerosis

Scientists are reporting the development and successful tests in humans of a sensor array that can diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) from exhaled breath, an advance that they describe as a landmark in the long ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New biomarker may help with early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

A new biomarker may help identify which people with mild memory deficits will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the June 22, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mayo Clinic finds botox eases painful spinal headaches

A Mayo Clinic case study finds Botox may offer new hope to patients suffering disabling low cerebrospinal fluid headaches. The successful treatment also offers new insight into Botox and headache treatment generally. The ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein-based biomarkers in blood serum could classify individuals with Alzheimer's disease

An initial analysis suggests that biomarkers in blood serum can be combined with clinical information to accurately classify patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Ne ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Spinal taps carry higher risks for infants and elderly, study shows

An X-ray-guided spinal tap procedure fails more than half of the time in young infants and should be used sparingly, if at all, for those patients, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most babies with uncomplicated febrile seizures can avoid spinal tap

When babies develop a fever high enough or abrupt enough to cause a seizure, frightened parents often rush them to the emergency room, where their workup frequently includes a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) to rule out bacterial ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0