Rabies is one of the oldest communicable diseases known to humans and is almost always fatal, with very few cases of ...

Access to potentially life-saving neurosurgical care remains very uneven worldwide, with potentially life-threatening ...

Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

Recurrent meningitis is a rare but serious condition, occurring in about 5% of cases of community-acquired meningitis.

Such tests are increasingly moving beyond their origins in cutting-edge research and into the laboratory and diagnostic ...

A spinal tap (lumbar puncture) may help confirm a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. Here’s what you should expect from the ...

This is where better medical imaging devices come in. It’s been reported that some medical facilities lack MRI scanners or other advanced equipment that would allow for quicker diagnosis. When it ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My son has been diagnosed with a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. I had never heard of this. He has been told that his brain pressure is lower than normal. This caused him to have ...

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is driven by vascular Aβ (amyloid‐beta) deposition, which can be detected as reduced Aβ species in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We sought to identify relationships ...

Gadolinium-enhanced MRI showed new leptomeningeal enhancement in the basal cisterns and Sylvian fissures, and communicating hydrocephalus. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) signal over the cerebral ...

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

Cape Fear Valley Health’s President of the Bladen County Hospital, Spencer Cummings addressed the large crowd of health professionals and Bladen community members to the dedication of the new ...