PALM SPRINGS, California — A noninvasive, easy-to-administer sphenopalatine ganglion block relieves postdural puncture headache (PDPH) faster than an epidural blood patch in obstetric patients and has ...

A blood test could be just as accurate as painful and invasive lumbar punctures for detecting Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests. Measuring levels of a protein called p-tau217 in the blood could ...

Intravenous (IV) cosyntropin therapy was equivalent to epidural blood patch (EBP) in relieving pain from post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) with potential for fewer complications and lower costs, ...

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 ...

You might have heard about the value of using medical maggots to clean infected, nonhealing wounds in horses and humans, but did you know they can also help clean up infection in structures deep ...

A blood test could be just as accurate as painful and invasive lumbar punctures for detecting Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests. Measuring levels of a protein called p-tau217 in the blood could ...

Hypertension is classified as dizziness or headache in traditional Chinese medicine. Hypertension is caused by the imbalance of body’s yin and yang. It is also caused by the functional disorder of ...

Your doctor may order a blood osmolality test to check your body’s salt/water balance. This can help them determine if you have certain medical conditions such as dehydration or sodium deficiency.

Melissa Richmond’s T-shirt was riddled with puncture marks and a lone plastic Remembrance Day poppy lay on the ground where she was found in a ravine near the South Keys Shopping Centre after her ...

What Is a Sodium Blood Test? A sodium blood test (also called a serum sodium test) is a way for your health care provider to measure the concentration of sodium in your blood. This test is often part ...