According to the NHS, this includes blood tests and a lumbar puncture — a thin needle is inserted between the bones in your lower spine — to rule out other causes of symptoms that may cause similar narrowing of the blood vessels.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11784223/The-deadly-conditions-Sudafed-safety-review-flu-remedies-pulled-shelves.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A field runs strictly from north to south until it turns and the compass needle pointing at the North Pole turns south.

Source: https://www.baltimoregaylife.com/we-are-pumping-out-so-much-groundwater-that-the-earths-axis-has-shifted/

After A.J. graduated from high school, he stayed with Brian for a while in North Minneapolis, and they continued to needle each other as their views drifted apart.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/politics/jan-6-trial-father-son.html

After, we will come back and practice and make sure we are taking the next step and moving the needle in the right direction.”

Source: https://wtaw.com/am-womens-basketball-beats-robert-morris/

Albanese has threaded a needle between the US and China.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/10/palestine-and-israel-supporters-square-off-in-melbourne-after-burger-bar-fire

And as the needle makes contact with the vinyl’s grooves, listeners are transported into a realm of auditory enchantment.

Source: https://www.chartattack.com/vinyl-records-are-must/

And even if these programs are more potent than my skeptical scientific self easily allows, how can we reach families in the kinds of numbers that could really move the needle on healthy, stable families more broadly?

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/12/23758511/utah-public-policy-supports-marriage-healthy-relationships

And over the past several weeks the Left has found a way to thread the needle.

Source: https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/08/14/regime-media-strikes-again-3-n571093

As I finally reached the middle of week three, a sense of immense relief overtook me as I watched the needle of testosterone sink deep into my thigh.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/im-a-trans-man-heres-what-i-risked-for-the-chance-to-get-my-wife-pregnant-with-my-dna_uk_64f1b1d3e4b0efecbcb9cba4

At home, rich countries create an impossibly narrow path to asylum that excludes almost everyone with a valid claim while preserving the possibility, however scant, that a lucky few will pass through the eye of a needle.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/opinion/refugees-migration-mexico-fire-turkey-earthquake.html

A used needle was also reportedly found at the scene.

Source: https://larrybrownsports.com/football/cause-death-ray-lewis-iii-accidental-overdose/616442

Australia recovers radioactive capsule, finds 'needle in the haystack'

Source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/missing-radioactive-capsule-found-in-western-australia

Because they are not journalists, Cam’Ron and Mase have to thread the needle between personal ties and what the audience wants.

Source: https://awfulannouncing.com/podcasts/camron-mase-criticism-it-is-what-it-is.html

BPH patients have several surgical options to choose from, including transurethral needle ablation, transurethral microwave therapy, transurethral electroevaporation of the prostate, laser surgery and in very rare cases, open prostatectomy.

Source: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2023/03/18/well-worth-the-time-and-effort-greeley-man-with-enlarged-prostate-finds-relief-with-new-surgery-option/

Bret Bielema is deep enough into his third head coaching stop that you’re not wrong for worrying that the needle has started to move in the wrong direction.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/22/23927547/illinois-wisconsin-illini-badgers-bret-bielema-big-ten

But Mary says that new funds are largely tied to specific projects and won't be able to make up the shortfall for the needle exchange program, leading to breaks in service.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/supervised-injection-site-cactus-montr%C3%A9al-to-cut-hours-despite-rise-in-fentanyl-overdoses-1.6792500?cmp=rss

But that deficit is long anticipated so it's not clear that it's going to move the needle.

Source: https://www.forexlive.com/news/oil-claws-back-most-of-its-losses-but-still-finishes-35-cents-lower-to-6916-20230623/

But these sites are also places where people can access wraparound supports such as wound care, counselling and addiction treatment, free naloxone kits and pipe and needle kits, Lawson explained.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-path-525-overdoses-1.7053727?cmp=rss

Championships are won yes, with depth; yes, with elite defense; and yes, with good coaching; but supreme offensive talent always moves the needle.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/05/the-nets-superstar-era-is-over-and-the-title-window-is-closed/

Claiming for pothole damage in Gloucestershire 'is like finding a needle in a haystack'

Source: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/flood-risk-remains-gloucestershire-uk-8966398