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Research roundup: Meeting the needs of assisted living residents; Medicaid expansion and community health centers; money follows the person

Assisted living facilities provide housing and care to persons unable to live independently, and who often have increasing medical needs. Disease outbreaks illustrate challenges of maintaining adequate resident protections in these facilities. ... Of the 50 states, 84% specify health-based admissions criteria to assisted living facilities; 60% require licensed health care professionals to oversee medical care; ... There is wide variation in how assisted living facilities are regulated in the United States.

25 Nov 2013

Simple blood test may predict people at highest risk for developing heart problems

For years, doctors have been divided on how effective annual testing and screenings are for apparently healthy individuals. New research, however, shows that a simple blood test may predict who is at highest risk to develop heart problems - and how long these people may have to live.

20 Nov 2013

Youth prefer rapid point-of-care HIV tests than traditional blood tests

Youth prefer, accept and receive HIV results more often when offered rapid finger prick or saliva swab tests rather than traditional blood tests according to a study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital.

20 Nov 2013

New biomarker predicts that concussion victims may have cognitive dysfunction following mTBI

A new blood biomarker correctly predicted which concussion victims went on to have white matter tract structural damage and persistent cognitive dysfunction following a mild traumatic brain injury.

20 Nov 2013

Serametrix launches new MDSC-based blood test for cancer patients

Serametrix Corporation has announced the launch of an important new blood test for cancer patients. The test measures a patient's level of circulating Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) that are known to decrease anti-tumor immunity and are associated with poor survival rates in cancer patients.

20 Nov 2013

Researchers take close look at medicine's highest volume activity

Laboratory testing is health care's single highest volume activity, with over 5 billion tests performed each year in the U.S.

18 Nov 2013

Early detection of breast cancer could soon be possible with blood test

What could someday be the first blood test for the early detection of breast cancer was shown in preliminary studies to successfully identify the presence of breast cancer cells from serum biomarkers, say the Houston Methodist Research Institute scientists who are developing the technology.

15 Nov 2013

Few newly diagnosed high-cholesterol patients get screened for thyroid dysfunction: Study

Despite current guidelines that recommend newly diagnosed high-cholesterol patients have a TSH blood test done to make sure they do not have hypothyroidism, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have found that only about half of these patients were screened for thyroid dysfunction.

15 Nov 2013

Study: Increased duration of breastfeeding could be associated with decreased incidence of autism

In an article appearing in Medical Hypotheses on September 20, a New York-based physician-researcher from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine has called for the testing of umbilical cord blood for levels of a growth protein that could help predict an infant's propensity to later develop autism.

6 Nov 2013

Colorectal cancer screening rates remain too low, reveals new Vital Signs report

Colorectal cancer screening rates remain too low, with about one in three adults (ages 50 to 75 years) not being tested for colorectal cancer, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6 Nov 2013

Blood levels of microRNAs may serve as diagnostic tool for thyroid cancer, but more research needed

A new analysis has found that the presence of short segments of genetic material (known as microRNA) within papillary thyroid cancer tumors suggests a likelihood of recurrence after patients undergo surgery.

29 Oct 2013

Patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis more likely to have heart problems

People with rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic inflammatory conditions are at higher risk of heart disease. Who is in the most danger, why and how best to prevent and detect cardiovascular complications are important questions for physicians and researchers.

28 Oct 2013

Hopes Raised For Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection

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25 Oct 2013

A simple blood test may reveal the earliest signs of pancreatic cancer

Reporting on a small preliminary study, Johns Hopkins researchers say a simple blood test based on detection of tiny epigenetic alterations may reveal the earliest signs of pancreatic cancer, a disease that is nearly always fatal because it isn't usually discovered until it has spread to other parts of the body.

23 Oct 2013

Survey: 96% of Canadians think that health care system should make use of digital health tools

Ninety-six per cent of Canadians think it's important that the health care system make use of digital health tools and capabilities, and 89 per cent feel it is important that they personally have full advantage of digital health tools and capabilities, according to a new survey by Harris/Decima, released by Canada Health Infoway.

23 Oct 2013

Sydney researchers plan to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies, dental surgeries

University of Sydney researchers are currently surveying community pharmacists and dentists to gauge their support to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies and dental surgeries, potentially increasing rates of early diagnosis.

22 Oct 2013

Clinical trial to determine whether vitamin D helps prevent or delay development of type 2 diabetes

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are seeking 150 to 200 adults to take part in the local arm of a major national clinical trial that will investigate whether vitamin D helps prevent or delay development of type 2 diabetes.

22 Oct 2013

Genalyte Gets Grant From NCI To Develop Biomarker Panel For Cancer

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18 Oct 2013

Genalyte receives NCI grant to develop biomarker panel to profile TAA autoantibodies

Genalyte, Inc., today announced that it has received a $1 million SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a biomarker panel to profile tumor antigen-associated autoantibodies.

18 Oct 2013

CHOP offers new software toolkit to help researchers wrangle data

Biomedical researchers often confront large quantities of information that may be amassed in many forms: vital signs, blood cell counts, lengthy DNA sequences, bar graphs, MRIs, patient demographics, and so much more. How do researchers assemble, access and analyze all that data without having to become specialized database technicians themselves?

18 Oct 2013

Blood Test News and Research

Research roundup: Meeting the needs of assisted living residents; Medicaid expansion and community health centers; money follows the person

Simple blood test may predict people at highest risk for developing heart problems

Youth prefer rapid point-of-care HIV tests than traditional blood tests

New biomarker predicts that concussion victims may have cognitive dysfunction following mTBI

Serametrix launches new MDSC-based blood test for cancer patients

Researchers take close look at medicine's highest volume activity

Early detection of breast cancer could soon be possible with blood test

Few newly diagnosed high-cholesterol patients get screened for thyroid dysfunction: Study

Study: Increased duration of breastfeeding could be associated with decreased incidence of autism

Colorectal cancer screening rates remain too low, reveals new Vital Signs report

Blood levels of microRNAs may serve as diagnostic tool for thyroid cancer, but more research needed

Patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis more likely to have heart problems

Hopes Raised For Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection

A simple blood test may reveal the earliest signs of pancreatic cancer

Survey: 96% of Canadians think that health care system should make use of digital health tools

Sydney researchers plan to introduce rapid HIV and STI testing in pharmacies, dental surgeries

Clinical trial to determine whether vitamin D helps prevent or delay development of type 2 diabetes

Genalyte Gets Grant From NCI To Develop Biomarker Panel For Cancer

Genalyte receives NCI grant to develop biomarker panel to profile TAA autoantibodies

CHOP offers new software toolkit to help researchers wrangle data

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