Testing for meningitis can include various tests, including a physical exam, blood tests, bacterial cultures, and cerebrospinal fluid tests. Meningitis happens when the membranes, or meninges, around ...

A positional headache is one that occurs when sitting or standing and improves when lying down. Bending, sneezing, lifting, and straining may also cause it. It often results from a leak of ...

A technology that diagnoses various diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, using just a few drops of blood from a finger prick is called “blood biomarker measurement.” In recent years, ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Looking for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarkers in plasma instead of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a simpler form of screening individuals for AD pathology and could result in earlier ...

A 74-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with headache, fever, intermittent right-sided otorrhoea, and rhinorrhoea. Analysis of nasal discharge confirmed the presence of beta-2-transferrin. CT ...