Doctors use blood patch procedures to treat spinal headaches, rare events that may happen after epidurals or other medical procedures involving the spine. In a blood patch your own blood is injected ...

Biochemical markers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are proving increasingly useful in clinical diagnosis and research, but having people agree to a lumbar puncture can be a challenge, particularly in ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a drug safety advisory with recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of spinal column bleeding after spinal intervention, including epidural ...

Changes Clinical Practice: Infants and children who present with new neurologic symptoms up to 7 days following lumbar puncture procedures should receive ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) to exclude meningitis is part of an infection screen in many neonatal units. For best outcome, meningitis requires early initiation of treatment. Results of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An X-ray-guided spinal tap -- a procedure in which a small needle is inserted into the patient's lower spine to retrieve cerebrospinal fluid -- carries higher risks for ...

The FDA approved Itvisma gene therapy for patients aged 2 years and older with spinal muscular atrophy and confirmed SMN1 gene mutation.

In preparation for more tools that detect and measure the biology associated with Alzheimer's and other dementias earlier and with more accuracy, experts have published appropriate use criteria (AUC) ...