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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.
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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
Cerebrospinal fluid tests were also developed, but extraction through spinal tap is painful.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
Still, the spinal tap ends up saving the boy's life.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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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
Cerebrospinal fluid tests were also developed, but extraction through spinal tap is painful.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
Still, the spinal tap ends up saving the boy's life.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Spinal tap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinal%20tap. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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