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 ...

Prehabilitation interventions prior to elective lumbar spine procedure may provide modest reductions in pain, disability, and health care costs, however, due to suboptimal certainty of evidence ...

Pseudoarthrosis occurs when bones don’t heal after a fracture or bone surgery. When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after ...

But you might be surprised how quick and easy it can be to get back up and running, if you ride ready with a puncture repair kit to hand. Especially useful when exploring unfamiliar lands ...

People with lumbar spinal stenosis will commonly experience pain when the lumbar spine is extended (bent backward) and relief when the lumbar spine is flexed (curved forward). This is because ...

An official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Wednesday called for the scrapping of the induction furnace (IF) process in the manufacture of steel construction materials, saying ...

Holding half its weight in carbon dioxide, the material could replace sand in concrete and other construction materials while trapping greenhouse gas. Credit: Northwestern University An innovative ...

The variation in biomarker levels between centres is probably the result of variations in pre-analytical procedures (e.g. lumbar puncture procedure and sample processing), analytical procedures, as ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The industry that makes materials in electric car batteries — vital for the energy transition — is ripe ...

The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) voiced strong support on Sunday for the country's recent decision to strengthen export controls on rare-earth materials, saying that the ...

Once she was rushed back to the hospital she was put on drips and a tube to treat an infection but the next day they were doing blood works on her, CT scans, and a lumbar puncture. A few days ...

As silicon-based integrated circuits approach the physical limits of miniaturisation, researchers worldwide have turned to 2D materials, such as molybdenum disulphide and tungsten diselenide ...