News tagged with lumbar puncture


MRI can screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal lobar degeneration

When trying to determine the root cause of a person's dementia, using an MRI can effectively and non-invasively screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), according to a new study ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

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 ...

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

Long wait for answers in US tainted drug outbreak

Thousands of Americans who may have been injected with a tainted steroid will have to wait weeks to see if they have been infected with meningitis as investigators seek answers to a widening outbreak.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI and neuropsychological tests best predict Alzheimer's disease in old patients

Investigators from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have shown that in most elderly patients invasive and expensive techniques, i.e. lumbar puncture and PET scan, are not useful to establish the diagnosis of Alzheimer's ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0