Posts Tagged ‘medical tests’

Monitor diabetes with painless breath test?

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — New sensor technology could make it possible to diagnose and monitor diabetes through a breath analysis alone, researchers say. Continue…

Monday, June 10, 2013 10:27 - 1 Comment

Health & Medicine - Jun 5, 2013 12:17 - 0 Comments

New test is ‘game-changer’ for sinusitis sufferers

U. BUFFALO (US) — A new test will allow doctors to diagnose chronic rhinosinusitis, one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States. (more…)

Blood test could predict postpartum depression

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Chemical changes in two genes reliably predict if a woman will develop postpartum depression. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 25, 2013 16:13 - 3 Comments

Tiny tools get a grip for better biopsies

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Magnetic stars—each the size of a speck of dust—can get to the body’s tightest spaces and collect tissue samples to screen for disease. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 24, 2013 11:41 - 2 Comments

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. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 15, 2013 15:38 - 0 Comments

Even with low risk, test for HIV more often

NORTHWESTERN (US) — Current screening guidelines for HIV are too conservative, according to a new study that says more frequent testing would be cost-effective for both high- and low-risk groups. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 13, 2013 13:38 - 0 Comments

Genetic test fails to show Alzheimer’s risk

CORNELL (US) — Genetic testing can predict the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment in healthy people, but not the likelihood of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2013 11:37 - 1 Comment

Test could catch kidney damage sooner

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Two biomarkers can tell a physician if a patient is at risk for acute kidney injury, which affects up to seven percent of all hospitalized patients. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 25, 2013 14:47 - 2 Comments

Test may predict eye disease outcome

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A new study is the foundation for a promising stem cell blood test that may detect the progression of macular degeneration to its more serious form, which can lead to blindness. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 11:57 - 0 Comments

New pap test detects more cancer

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A new technique to detect ovarian and endometrial cancers uses cervical fluid obtained during routine Pap tests. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 10, 2012 12:07 - 0 Comments

New genetic test improves prenatal screening

COLUMBIA U. (US) — A genetic test that uses microarray analysis conducts a more comprehensive examination of a fetus’s DNA than the current standard method, a study finds. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 5, 2012 16:32 - 2 Comments

Aspirin coating leads to ‘pseudo’ resistance

U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Low-dose aspirin is often prescribed for people who have suffered a heart attack, but new research finds that the coating on some pills may delay absorption and lead to a false diagnosis of “aspirin resistance.” (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 5, 2012 17:01 - 2 Comments

Trick turns plain old paper into medical test

U. WASHINGTON (US) — A chemical trick turns regular paper into a device similar to a home-based pregnancy test, and it might work for malaria, diabetes, or other diseases. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 2, 2012 12:32 - 0 Comments

Medical tests may shrink with sound ‘tweezers’

PENN STATE (US) — A technique that uses acoustic waves to sort cells on a chip could lead to medical analytic devices as small as a cell phone, say researchers. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 28, 2012 15:01 - 0 Comments

Rapid tests go ‘natural’ to detect disease

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Quick medical tests designed to detect disease work by mimicking nature’s own sensing mechanism. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 12, 2012 10:58 - 0 Comments

Blood test to find ‘mad cow’ signatures

U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Signature particles in the blood stream make a simple test for mad cow disease a possibility. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 26, 2012 14:04 - 0 Comments

How to make medical tests 3 million times better

PRINCETON (US) — New nanotechnology could make a common medical test 3 million times more sensitive, say researchers. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 13, 2012 11:43 - 0 Comments

Tiny ‘speed bumps’ detect cancer cells

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A device with built-in “speed bumps” could be used to detect cancerous cells in blood samples or to sort microscopic particles for various industrial purposes, its developers say. (more…)

Health & Medicine - May 30, 2012 15:02 - 0 Comments

Chip may lead to quick, cheap HIV screening

PENN STATE (US) — A chip that produces three-dimensional focusing of a cell stream paves the way for inexpensive, portable devices that can quickly screen for diseases such as leukemia or HIV. (more…)

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