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Provided by Meagan Ghadoushi Multiple tests—including a spinal tap—came back clear.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
About two-thirds of participants had Alzheimer’s disease (diagnosed via spinal tap); this group was nearly 80 percent male and 71 years old on average.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2025
Medical professionals will likely evaluate how someone walks, get scans like a CT or MRI, perform a spinal tap and otherwise perform a physical exam and monitor symptoms.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 24 May 2025
If a spinal tap leads to a NPH diagnosis, a patient then becomes a candidate for a surgery called ventricular shunting, which effectively makes the tap permanent.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
About two-thirds of participants had Alzheimer’s disease (diagnosed via spinal tap); this group was nearly 80 percent male and 71 years old on average.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2025
Medical professionals will likely evaluate how someone walks, get scans like a CT or MRI, perform a spinal tap and otherwise perform a physical exam and monitor symptoms.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 24 May 2025
If a spinal tap leads to a NPH diagnosis, a patient then becomes a candidate for a surgery called ventricular shunting, which effectively makes the tap permanent.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
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“Spinal tap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinal%20tap. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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