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Public health officials announce that eastern equine encephalitis virus is an “emergent threat”

Public health officials have declared that the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus is an "emergent threat".

21 Nov 2019

New research case report describes lung injury related to e-cigarette use

A research case report describing lung injury related to e-cigarette use in a 17-year-old Canadian may be the first documented case of a new form of damage from vaping products.

21 Nov 2019

What causes harsher parenting by alcoholic women?

A new study tells us more about what presses the trigger when it comes to harsh parenting by alcohol-dependent mothers.

21 Nov 2019

Novel microscope optimizes illumination to improve diagnosis

Engineers at Duke University have developed a microscope that adapts its lighting angles, colors and patterns while teaching itself the optimal settings needed to complete a given diagnostic task.

20 Nov 2019

JACM special issue focuses on challenges in inter-rater reliability in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Diagnostic agreement between practitioners is an ongoing challenge in the evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other healthcare systems that rely on constitutional types.

20 Nov 2019

Study shows gender differences in prognosis predictive utility of breast cancer recurrence score

The TAILORx study published last year offered good news for women with early-stage ER-positive breast cancer who scored at intermediate risk for recurrence according to a genetic assay test.

20 Nov 2019

Applying a Proteomics-based Approach to the Clinic

Matthias Mann explains why applying proteomics-based technologies such as timsTOF could accelerate the diagnosis and prediction of human disease.

From Bruker Daltonics 20 Nov 2019

Woman’s velvety tripe palms turn out to be a sign of lung cancer

A 73-year-old woman presented with pruritic, itchy, and painful lesions on her hand, showing an appearance consisted of tripe palms. It was later revealed by doctors that her velvety palms turned out to be a rare sign of lung cancer.

19 Nov 2019

Study provides insight into harsh parenting by alcohol-dependent mothers

Not surprisingly, parents with substance use disorders often struggle with parenting and frequently have strained relationships with their children.

19 Nov 2019

Ammonia levels do not guide clinical management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

The liver performs several critical functions including filtering blood, detoxifying chemicals and metabolizing drugs.

19 Nov 2019

Proteomics & DIA Mass Spectrometry in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

News-Medical Life Sciences spoke to Nicholas Dupuis from Biognosys about proteomics & DIA mass spectrometry in neurodegenerative disease research.

From Biognosys 19 Nov 2019

Study finds disparities in hospital-based cardiovascular care, mortality for homeless adults

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death among homeless adults, with mortality rates that are substantially higher than the general population.

18 Nov 2019

Radiology-led awareness initiatives help decrease medical radiation dose that Americans receive

The Image Gently and Image Wisely awareness campaigns, radiology and industry collaboration to advance low-dose technologies, growing use of the ACR Dose Index Registry, and mandatory accreditation of imaging facilities under Medicare are among the primary factors that produced a 15-20 percent reduction in medical radiation dose that Americans receive.

18 Nov 2019

'Dysbiosis' promotes the onset of colorectal cancer

The gastroenterology team at Henri-Mondor AP-HP Hospital and University Paris-Est Créteil, led by Professor Iradj Sobhani, together with teams from Inserm and the Institut Pasteur Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit (U1202), led by Professor Philippe Sansonetti - holder of the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Chair at the Collège de France -, have demonstrated that an imbalance in the gut microbiota, also known as "dysbiosis", promotes the onset of colorectal cancer.

18 Nov 2019

Improved method for predicting retinopathy of prematurity could reduce unnecessary tests

A multicenter group of 41 hospitals led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has confirmed that an improved method for predicting retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a leading cause of blindness in children, was able to reduce the number of babies having invasive diagnostic examinations by nearly a third, while raising disease detection up to 100 percent.

14 Nov 2019

Cedars-Sinai surgeons detect and remove 25-pound cancerous ovarian tumor

Maria Robles Garcia was sure her uncomfortable abdominal symptoms weren't caused by irritable bowel syndrome or from being overweight, no matter that her local doctors repeatedly told her that was the case.

13 Nov 2019

Using AI to improve psychiatric care

A new paper in Schizophrenia Bulletin shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can help doctors to diagnose the mental health of patients with speed and accuracy. The new app designed for mobiles has been developed to improve patient monitoring using cues picked up from their speech, and is based on machine-learning tools.

13 Nov 2019

'Smart toilets' may work as real-time method of monitoring health

Wearable, smart technologies are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity - the humble toilet - may have potential to outperform them all.

13 Nov 2019

Standard methods not adequate to detect prosthetic joint infections in rheumatic disease patients

Standard diagnostic methods are not adequate to identify prosthetic joint infections in patients with rheumatic diseases, according to findings from a new study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

12 Nov 2019

New AI-driven approach for single blood cell classification

For the first time, researchers from Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University Hospital of LMU Munich show that deep learning algorithms perform similar to human experts when classifying blood samples from patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia.

12 Nov 2019

Diagnostic News and Research

Public health officials announce that eastern equine encephalitis virus is an “emergent threat”

New research case report describes lung injury related to e-cigarette use

What causes harsher parenting by alcoholic women?

Novel microscope optimizes illumination to improve diagnosis

JACM special issue focuses on challenges in inter-rater reliability in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study shows gender differences in prognosis predictive utility of breast cancer recurrence score

Applying a Proteomics-based Approach to the Clinic

Woman’s velvety tripe palms turn out to be a sign of lung cancer

Study provides insight into harsh parenting by alcohol-dependent mothers

Ammonia levels do not guide clinical management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients

Proteomics & DIA Mass Spectrometry in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Study finds disparities in hospital-based cardiovascular care, mortality for homeless adults

Radiology-led awareness initiatives help decrease medical radiation dose that Americans receive

'Dysbiosis' promotes the onset of colorectal cancer

Improved method for predicting retinopathy of prematurity could reduce unnecessary tests

Cedars-Sinai surgeons detect and remove 25-pound cancerous ovarian tumor

Using AI to improve psychiatric care

'Smart toilets' may work as real-time method of monitoring health

Standard methods not adequate to detect prosthetic joint infections in rheumatic disease patients

New AI-driven approach for single blood cell classification

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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