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Government launches new Elective Recovery Taskforce to bust the Covid backlogs

Patients will benefit from quicker access to treatment and lifesaving diagnostic tests close to home following the launch of a new Elective Recovery Taskforce and approval of 19 new one stop shops for tests, checks and scans, the Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay announced today.

6 Dec 2022

Research extends the powerful tool of immunotherapy to autoimmune diseases

The cancer therapy known as CAR-T has revolutionized treatment of some blood cancers since it was introduced in 2017. The therapy uses genetically altered immune cells to home in on cancer cells and destroy them.

6 Dec 2022

Parkinson’s drug improves blood pressure, aortic stiffness in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes

Teens with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) who took bromocriptine, a medication used to treat Parkinson's disease and Type 2 diabetes, had lower blood pressure and less stiff arteries after one month of treatment compared to those who did not take the medicine, according to a small study published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

6 Dec 2022

Colorectal cancer doesn’t wait - DNA methylation tests facilitate earlier treatment

In this interview, Yantao Li and Zhe Wang, Director of Cancer Early Screening Products and the Product Director of Oncology at BGI Genomics, talks to NewsMedical about colorectal cancer (CRC), including why incidences are important and the importance of screening.

From BGI Genomics 6 Dec 2022

NUS scientists develop novel low-cost method of testing for cancers

Scientists from the National University of have discovered a novel low-cost method of testing for cancers.

5 Dec 2022

Smartwatches used to screen for heart rhythm disorders need more scientific evaluation

Company claims are leaping ahead of medical science in promoting the use of smartwatches to screen for heart rhythm disorders.

5 Dec 2022

Study explores histopathological, serological, and clinical characteristics of PASC in patients with mild COVID-19

Researchers investigated the clinical, histopathological, imaging, and serological characteristics of post-acute sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (PASC) in patients with mild COVID-19.

5 Dec 2022

Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult.

Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, labyrinthine organization known for its highly specialized, academically focused scientific research into a sleek, flexible public health response agency primed to serve the American public.

5 Dec 2022

Study estimates the epidemiological impact of a COVID-19 testing-related incident at a surge laboratory in the UK

Researchers investigated the epidemiological impact of an incident at a laboratory in the UK.

5 Dec 2022

Study assesses the prevalence of residual lung abnormalities following COVID-19 hospitalization

In a new study published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, researchers sought to determine the percentage of COVID-19 patients discharged from the hospital who had a type of fibrotic lung damage, known as interstitial lung disease, that requires ongoing follow-up care.

2 Dec 2022

Klick scientists use machine learning and 12 hours of CGM data to predict diabetes onset

Scientists at Klick Applied Sciences have discovered a way to transform a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) into a powerful diabetes screening and prevention tool using artificial intelligence.

2 Dec 2022

Maternal stress during pregnancy linked to accelerated cell aging of white children, not Black kids

Does stress during pregnancy impact children's cell aging, and does race matter? The answer is yes, according to a new UC San Francisco study published Dec. 2 in Psychological Medicine.

2 Dec 2022

Using DECT-derived metrics to definitively diagnose incidental adrenal adenomas

According to an open-access Editor's Choice accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology, for adrenal lesions evaluated by single-phase dual-energy CT (DECT), fat fraction had higher sensitivity than virtual non-contrast attenuation at both the clinically optimal threshold and at the traditional ≤10 HU threshold.

1 Dec 2022

Prenatal intervention benefits mothers' mental health up to eight years later

A low-cost, prenatal intervention benefits mothers' mental health up to eight years later, a new UC San Francisco study finds.

30 Nov 2022

New evidence of mpox virus transmission before onset of symptoms

Researchers extensively followed-up high-risk contacts of clade IIb mpox (MPX) virus (MPXV)-infected patients to evaluate the risk of MPX after MPXV exposure and to characterize early MPXV infections.

30 Nov 2022

Racial disparities in lung cancer start with research

During a routine visit to the Good Samaritan Clinic in Morganton, North Carolina, in 2018, Herbert Buff casually mentioned that he sometimes had trouble breathing.

30 Nov 2022

Hotter weather associated with higher volume of polytrauma CTs

Using a decade of weather and CT imaging data, researchers have identified specific weather conditions that are associated with the number of whole-body CT scans performed on polytrauma patients.

30 Nov 2022

Powerful imaging tool creates 3D atlas of the spectrum of tuberculous and COVID-19 lung lesions

Gross anatomy reveals three-dimensional shapes of pathology at a large scale. Histology, in contrast, reveals the microscopic anatomy of biological structures. But that magnification comes at a cost - histology shows only two-dimensional shapes because it studies small, flat slices of stained tissue.

29 Nov 2022

Photon-counting CT may help to effectively identify post-COVID patients at risk for lung damage

New CT technology outperforms conventional CT in detecting subtle damage in the lungs of patients with persistent symptoms of COVID-19, according to a new study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

29 Nov 2022

SARS-CoV-2 RNA found to be present in various environmental surface samples

Researchers conducted environmental surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ribonucleic acid (RNA).

29 Nov 2022

CT News and Research

Government launches new Elective Recovery Taskforce to bust the Covid backlogs

Research extends the powerful tool of immunotherapy to autoimmune diseases

Parkinson’s drug improves blood pressure, aortic stiffness in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes

Colorectal cancer doesn’t wait - DNA methylation tests facilitate earlier treatment

NUS scientists develop novel low-cost method of testing for cancers

Smartwatches used to screen for heart rhythm disorders need more scientific evaluation

Study explores histopathological, serological, and clinical characteristics of PASC in patients with mild COVID-19

Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult.

Study estimates the epidemiological impact of a COVID-19 testing-related incident at a surge laboratory in the UK

Study assesses the prevalence of residual lung abnormalities following COVID-19 hospitalization

Klick scientists use machine learning and 12 hours of CGM data to predict diabetes onset

Maternal stress during pregnancy linked to accelerated cell aging of white children, not Black kids

Using DECT-derived metrics to definitively diagnose incidental adrenal adenomas

Prenatal intervention benefits mothers' mental health up to eight years later

New evidence of mpox virus transmission before onset of symptoms

Racial disparities in lung cancer start with research

Hotter weather associated with higher volume of polytrauma CTs

Powerful imaging tool creates 3D atlas of the spectrum of tuberculous and COVID-19 lung lesions

Photon-counting CT may help to effectively identify post-COVID patients at risk for lung damage

SARS-CoV-2 RNA found to be present in various environmental surface samples

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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