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Spinal-Fluid Test Confirmed To Predict Alzheimer's
omnibit writes "The New York Times reports that researchers have found a spinal-fluid test can be 100 percent accurate in identifying patients with significant memory loss who are on their way to developing Alzheimer's disease. The new study included more than 300 patients in their seventies, 114 with normal memories, 200 with memory problems, and 102 with Alzheimer's disease. Their spinal fluid was analyzed for amyloid beta, which forms plaques in the brain, and for tau, another protein that accumulates in dead and dying nerve cells in the brain. Nearly every person with Alzheimer's had the characteristic spinal fluid protein levels."
The spinal needle goes up to 11 (inches).
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If you think big enough, you'll never have to do it.
I'm gonna be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline
Only 100% accurate? Given the necessity for a spinal tap it should go to 110%.
Tau? i'd bet it's the Orks, not the Tau that's the problem!
If I had points I'd bump you to 6.
Man visits his doctor.
... spinal fluid indicates ... Alzheimers."
Man: "What's the news, Doc."
Doc: "Not so good. Test results show cancer, and
Man: "... Well, at least I don't have cancer."
If they really would enjoy smothering you with a pillow, I suppose you could give them that as a parting gift.