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Speech pattern analysis can help diagnose, manage psychiatric disorders

Objective measurement of psychiatric disorders has long proved challenging. Yet, there is ample evidence that analysis of speech patterns can accurately diagnose depression and psychosis, measure their severity, and predict their onset, according to a literature review featured in the January/February issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

9 Jan 2023

Clinically relevant biomarker strategies in drug development

In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Dr. Justin Devine and Dr. Nicholas Woudberg about biomarkers, their importance for drug development as well as the potential they have when it comes to machine learning.

From Synexa Life Sciences 9 Jan 2023

New model for detecting and estimating pathogen variant dynamics and risk

A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server developed a hierarchical modeling method to estimate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant fitness advantage and prevalence.

8 Jan 2023

Study suggests COVID-19 can cause diabetes

The authors of a new study under review at Nature Portfolio and currently posted to the Research Square preprint* server showed the clinical possibility that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) heightens the risk of developing diabetes mellitus (DM), supporting diabetes screening in those infected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

8 Jan 2023

Clinical leaders, health experts and ministers convene in Downing Street for NHS Recovery Forum

Clinical leaders, health experts and ministers will convene in Downing Street for an NHS Recovery Forum today (Saturday 7 January).

6 Jan 2023

At-home saliva test to diagnose adrenal insufficiency makes a difference to patients' health

A study into the use of an at-home test which uses saliva rather than blood to diagnose adrenal insufficiency, which has been developed by scientists at the University of Sheffield with funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and tested in Sheffield endocrine patients at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is making a difference to the health of patients and could reduce time to diagnosis.

6 Jan 2023

SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron transmission within educational settings in relation to community-based outbreaks and mitigation measures

Researchers assessed whether school closures during COVID-19 outbreaks prevented viral transmission in Australia.

6 Jan 2023

Brief tele-cognitive behavioral therapy for head and neck cancer survivors with body-image distress shows promising results

Talking, smiling, eating together – these are all social activities that are inherent to the human experience. But for some head and neck cancer survivors, they are dreaded tasks.

6 Jan 2023

What was the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental well-being of university students?

Researchers evaluated changes in the mental health status of university-attending students in France 15.0 months post-commencement of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic.

5 Jan 2023

Acupuncture could be a safe and feasible management option for IBS-D

Researchers preliminarily evaluated the practicality of utilizing the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-advocated endpoints to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture in IBS-D (irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea) management.

5 Jan 2023

Experts seek to understand risks associated with vaping and e-cigarettes

E-cigarette or vaping product use–associated lung injury (EVALI) is a severe pulmonary illness caused by using e-cigarettes or vaping products. In the United States, in 2018, an alarming 25% of youth adopted e-cigarettes, with the overall number being more than 13 million individuals.

4 Jan 2023

Recently discovered protein holds potential for the development of new tests for infectious diseases

In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA.

4 Jan 2023

Study shows the prevalence of low-value prostate cancer screening in primary care clinics

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men with more than 34,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to the American Cancer Society.

4 Jan 2023

Structure and function of a newly discovered CRISPR immune system revealed

In a rare feat, Utah State University biochemists Thomson Hallmark and Ryan Jackson, along with collaborators, published not one, but two seminal papers in a top-tier, peer-reviewed journal this week.

4 Jan 2023

Distinct genomic patterns of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors may help with early diagnosis

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common genetic condition, affecting 1 in 3000 individuals, and people with NF1 are at greater risk of developing a rare, aggressive form of cancer.

4 Jan 2023

Study shows the clinical utility of amniotic fluid cells RNA-sequencing in prenatal rare disease diagnosis

A clinical research team from the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) leads the discovery of applying amniotic fluid cells obtained during 16-24 weeks of pregnancy as a novel sample type for RNA-sequencing in prenatal diagnosis to help more families with tailored clinical management.

4 Jan 2023

Dietary supplement can reverse the signs of heart disease in a subset of patients

When we were little, our parents told us to take our vitamins so we could grow big and strong. Now, researchers from Japan find that one particular supplement may even fix a broken heart.

4 Jan 2023

The role of exosomes in osteosarcoma diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutics

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. Osteosarcoma, a primary malignant tumor of the skeleton, has a morbidity of 2.5 per 1 million people.

3 Jan 2023

Analyzing electronic medical records to identify COVID-19 sequelae

In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers analyzed and compared pre‒ and post‒COVID-19 diagnostic codes to identify symptoms that had higher encounter incidence in the post‒COVID-19 period as sequelae. COVID-19 sequelae and future emerging diseases can be generated and monitored using this method.

3 Jan 2023

Cardiac MRI of individuals with acute or post-acute COVID-19

In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, researchers in Italy reported cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) findings in individuals with myocarditis-like syndrome during the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection (AMCovS) and post-acute phase (cPACS).

3 Jan 2023

Diagnostic News and Research

Speech pattern analysis can help diagnose, manage psychiatric disorders

Clinically relevant biomarker strategies in drug development

New model for detecting and estimating pathogen variant dynamics and risk

Study suggests COVID-19 can cause diabetes

Clinical leaders, health experts and ministers convene in Downing Street for NHS Recovery Forum

At-home saliva test to diagnose adrenal insufficiency makes a difference to patients' health

SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron transmission within educational settings in relation to community-based outbreaks and mitigation measures

Brief tele-cognitive behavioral therapy for head and neck cancer survivors with body-image distress shows promising results

What was the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental well-being of university students?

Acupuncture could be a safe and feasible management option for IBS-D

Experts seek to understand risks associated with vaping and e-cigarettes

Recently discovered protein holds potential for the development of new tests for infectious diseases

Study shows the prevalence of low-value prostate cancer screening in primary care clinics

Structure and function of a newly discovered CRISPR immune system revealed

Distinct genomic patterns of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors may help with early diagnosis

Study shows the clinical utility of amniotic fluid cells RNA-sequencing in prenatal rare disease diagnosis

Dietary supplement can reverse the signs of heart disease in a subset of patients

The role of exosomes in osteosarcoma diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutics

Analyzing electronic medical records to identify COVID-19 sequelae

Cardiac MRI of individuals with acute or post-acute COVID-19

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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