Posts Tagged ‘diagnosis’
There’s no easy cure for bad diagnoses
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Diagnosis errors, not surgical mistakes or drug overdoses, account for the largest share of malpractice payouts and the most severe patient harm. Continue…
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:41 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2013 13:52 - 0 Comments
Smartphone apps miss skin cancers
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Smartphone apps that claim to monitor skin lesions for the likelihood of cancer often return inaccurate information and could delay timely, life-saving treatment, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 11:34 - 1 Comment
Web calculator flags cancer risks early
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A computer-based tool could help speed early diagnosis of patients suffering from two of the most common forms of cancer, saving up to 5,000 lives a year. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 18, 2010 19:50 - 3 Comments
Autism symptoms appear around age one
UC DAVIS (US)—A study of the development of autism in infants has found that the nascent symptoms of the condition—a lack of shared eye contact, smiling, and communicative babbling—are not present at 6 months, but emerge gradually and only become apparent during the latter part of the first year of life. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 15, 2009 17:03 - 47 Comments
Diagnosing diabetes in the dentist chair
NYU (US)—An overwhelming majority of people with periodontal disease are also at risk for diabetes and should be screened, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2009 18:14 - 4 Comments
Whole blood testing via nanosensors
YALE (US)—Nanosensors have been used to measure biomarkers in whole blood for the first time, a step which researchers believe will dramatically simplify the way physicians test for biomarkers of cancer and other diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 16:46 - 0 Comments
Nanomagnets may speed blood tests
YALE (US)—A team has developed a way to rapidly manipulate and sort different cells in the blood using liquids comprised of magnetic nanoparticles. The advance could dramatically improve the speed and sensitivity of tests used to detect cancer biomarkers, blood disorders, viruses, and other diseases. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2009 14:39 - 3 Comments
Big dose of x-ray after heart attack
DUKE (US)—Acute heart attack patients receive an average dose of radiation that is equal to 725 chest X-rays, or 30 percent of the recommended annual limit, during an average hospital admission, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 11, 2009 17:26 - 3 Comments
Surgery-free diagnosis with optical biopsy
U. FLORIDA (US)—Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer, but women still have to endure medical costs, stress, and potential complications that accompany invasive procedures. A new tool could make it possible for women to have biopsies without surgical intervention. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 29, 2009 14:00 - 4 Comments
Choice empowers breast cancer patients
U. BUFFALO (US)—Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer consider being able to make their own decision about treatment an encouraging sign of future survival, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 15, 2009 18:57 - 13 Comments
Depressed? Anxious? Aren’t we all?
DUKE (US)—A long-term tracking study of more than 1,000 New Zealanders from birth to age 32 suggests that people vastly underreport the amount of mental illness they’ve suffered when asked to recall their history years after the fact. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2009 11:32 - 0 Comments
Nanoalerts from healthy cells signal cancer
Vadim Backman, the study’s senior author, says nanoscale changes in both cancer cells and normal cells far away from the tumor site “are general phenomena in carcinogenesis and occur early in the process.”
Health & Medicine - Jul 2, 2009 12:51 - 0 Comments
Older Yanks top Brits in battle of the brains
U. MICHIGAN (US)—The memory and cognitive function of seniors in the United States is significantly higher than that of their counterparts across the pond, a University of Michigan study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2009 15:46 - 0 Comments
Ditching one-size-fits-all prenatal approach
UC IRVINE (US)—Most pregnant women might be surprised to learn that current fetal growth standards are based on 30-year-old data that may not reflect their age, ethnicity, or even where they live—all factors that affect a baby’s rate of development. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine are working to establish more demographic-specific national standards. (more…)
