A North Texas neurologist explains normal pressure hydrocephalus, its symptoms, and the treatment for the disorder.

The second day of testimony in the trial of Brian Mann, a Decatur chiropractor accused of attempting to poison his wife, began early Wednesday morning.

CHEST’s new practice guidelines on transfusions in critically ill adults promote a more restrictive approach to RBC, FFP, and platelet transfusions.

As I sat in the waiting room of St James’s University Hospital in Leeds, waiting for the results of my lumbar puncture that was done 7 hours previously, I realised that I had spent over 20 hours ...

Cerebrospinal fluid can sometimes leak or collect in the brain without an identifiable cause, leading to symptoms that can be difficult to diagnose.

Q. What happens next? A. The real gold standard test for understanding whether or not this is normal pressure hydrocephalus requires what’s called a high-volume lumbar puncture, where we drain ...

Experts have demonstrated that multiple sclerosis (MS) can successfully be diagnosed using an MRI scan, meaning patients no longer need to undergo a painful lumbar puncture. Experts found that by ...

There is currently no agreement on the best way to diagnose MS. Frequently, people suspected of having MS have a standard MRI scan and undergo a lumbar puncture, where a thin needle is inserted ...

But when results aren’t conclusive, they might turn to a spinal tap, also known as a lumbar puncture. Read on to learn what a spinal tap entails, what it can and can’t reveal, and whether it ...

A lumbar puncture is a test to check the fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord. This is called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. A lumbar puncture can check for cancer cells or for ...

Your brain and spinal cord are bathed in fluid. A lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap, is a procedure doctors use to remove and test some of this liquid, called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

A young woman who felt a “crack to her neck” during a gym workout in 2021 died weeks later after going to a chiropractor to treat her neck pain, a recent inquest heard. Joanna Kowalczyk, 29 ...