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Pilot agreement offers Ohio citizens free access to the Cochrane Library for one year

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and Cochrane today announced a pilot access agreement with OhioLINK, a state-wide academic library consortium. Under this agreement people living in the U.S. state of Ohio will have free access to the Cochrane Library for one year.

23 Apr 2021

Robotic platform offers safe and precise steering of surgical catheters

Traditionally, the success of a minimally-invasive surgical (MIS) procedure is dependent on the clinician's capabilities.

23 Apr 2021

Babies born to mothers with cannabis use disorder more likely to experience negative health outcomes

A study of almost 5 million live births in California by researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego reports that babies born to mothers diagnosed with cannabis use disorder were more likely to experience negative health outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight, than babies born to mothers without a cannabis use disorder diagnosis.

22 Apr 2021

Doctors scramble to understand long Covid, but causes and prognosis are elusive

One night in March 2020, Joy Wu felt like her heart was going to explode. She tried to get up and fell down. She didn't recognize friends' names in her list of phone contacts. Remembering how to dial 9-1-1 took "quite a bit of time," she recalled recently.

22 Apr 2021

Researchers conduct a SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey of blood donors in New Zealand

New research has been released, which focuses on the transmission and prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in New Zealand, through a blood donor serosurvey.

22 Apr 2021

Impact of proposed law would increase regulatory oversight of certain diagnostic tests

Legislation currently under consideration in the U.S. Congress would increase regulatory oversight of certain diagnostic tests, and a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and colleagues from several other institutions demonstrates that its potential impact will depend on key details in the bill's final language.

22 Apr 2021

Metabolic testing of COVID-19 patients through skin imprints

There is, therefore, a great need to understand how the illness can be diagnosed using more convenient and inexpensive methods. A new study posted to the medRxiv preprint server reveals the potential role of skin imprints to test for biomarkers that indicate a diagnosis of COVID-19 in a non-invasive way.

22 Apr 2021

Ultrasonically oscillating needles could improve cancer management

The diagnosis of diseases like cancer almost always needs a biopsy - a procedure where a clinician removes a piece of suspect tissue from the body to examine it, typically under a microscope.

21 Apr 2021

Algorithm accurately identifies pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with scleroderma

Screening for a sometimes fatal condition among patients with a rare autoimmune disease could soon - thanks to a computer algorithm - become even more accurate.

21 Apr 2021

New blood-based test detects lymph node metastasis in individuals with high-risk T1 colorectal cancer

Scientists at City of Hope, a world-renowned independent research and treatment center for cancer and diabetes, have developed a novel, noninvasive liquid biopsy test for detecting lymph node metastasis in individuals with high-risk T1 colorectal carcinoma.

21 Apr 2021

Can sniffer dogs be trained to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection?

A new study in PLOS ONE discusses the novel use of dogs to sniff out the virus in patient samples as a potential additional diagnostic route to ease the situation.

21 Apr 2021

Researchers develop a new method for the detection and evolution of kidney cancer

The research groups Mintota and Photochemistry Reactivity Group of the faculties of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Valencia have developed a method for the detection and evolution of kidney cancer through urine and the dispersion of gold nanoparticles, in what is the first system that will provide reliable information on the existence and progress of this pathology.

21 Apr 2021

New AI predicts the location of “accessory pathways” in the heart

Kobe University Hospital's Dr. NISHIMORI Makoto and Project Assistant Professor KIUCHI Kunihiko et al. (of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine) have developed an AI that uses multiple kinds of test data to predict the location of surplus pathways in the heart called 'accessory pathways', which cause the heart to beat irregularly.

21 Apr 2021

Researchers explain how online symptom checkers generate probable diagnoses and suggestions

Have you recently turned to your mobile device or computer to find out if your cough, sniffle or fever could be caused by COVID-19?

21 Apr 2021

FDA takes steps to add molecular tests using pooled nasal specimens in serial testing program

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took steps to further facilitate the authorization of molecular tests for screening asymptomatic individuals using pooled anterior nasal respiratory specimens in serial testing programs.

20 Apr 2021

All-in-one test provides a promising solution for COVID-19 detection and mutational surveillance

A new type of COVID-19 testing strategy could help streamline the process of identifying cases, tracking variants and detecting co-infecting viruses.

20 Apr 2021

Next-generation devices to test for ‘lazy eye’ in children developed using computer gaming technology

Computer gaming technology is being used to develop and pilot two low cost, next-generation screening tools for 'lazy eye' in children.

20 Apr 2021

Can fingerprick blood tests help evaluate antibody response and longevity against SARS-CoV-2 post-vaccination?

To monitor antibody level duration of vaccine-induced immune responses, a team of researchers in the U.S. – at Diacarta, University of California and VA Healthcare System, and the Franciscan University of Steubenville – evaluated the feasibility of using a single drop of fingerstick blood collected with flocked swabs for quantitative antibody response evaluation after COVID-19 vaccination.

20 Apr 2021

New nanomedicine device is effective for treating glioblastoma multiforme

A micro-sized polymeric net wrapping around brain tumors, just like a fishing net around a shoal of fish: this is the microMESH, a new nanomedicine device capable to conform around the surface of tumor masses and efficiently deliver drugs.

20 Apr 2021

New microfluidic system effectively isolates cancer spreading cells

The survival rate of cancer patients can drop to ten percent or less during metastasis, the spread of cancerous cells to create secondary tumors.

19 Apr 2021

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Pilot agreement offers Ohio citizens free access to the Cochrane Library for one year

Robotic platform offers safe and precise steering of surgical catheters

Babies born to mothers with cannabis use disorder more likely to experience negative health outcomes

Doctors scramble to understand long Covid, but causes and prognosis are elusive

Researchers conduct a SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey of blood donors in New Zealand

Impact of proposed law would increase regulatory oversight of certain diagnostic tests

Metabolic testing of COVID-19 patients through skin imprints

Ultrasonically oscillating needles could improve cancer management

Algorithm accurately identifies pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with scleroderma

New blood-based test detects lymph node metastasis in individuals with high-risk T1 colorectal cancer

Can sniffer dogs be trained to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection?

Researchers develop a new method for the detection and evolution of kidney cancer

New AI predicts the location of “accessory pathways” in the heart

Researchers explain how online symptom checkers generate probable diagnoses and suggestions

FDA takes steps to add molecular tests using pooled nasal specimens in serial testing program

All-in-one test provides a promising solution for COVID-19 detection and mutational surveillance

Next-generation devices to test for ‘lazy eye’ in children developed using computer gaming technology

Can fingerprick blood tests help evaluate antibody response and longevity against SARS-CoV-2 post-vaccination?

New nanomedicine device is effective for treating glioblastoma multiforme

New microfluidic system effectively isolates cancer spreading cells

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