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Hemex Health awarded $3 million grant to advance commercialization of Gazelle Hb Variant Test for the U.S. market

Hemex Health, a medical diagnostic device company focused on expanding healthcare access to underrepresented patient populations, announced it has been awarded a 3-year, $3 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

29 Mar 2023

New clinician toolkit aims to close the gaps in diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases

The expert steering committee for Bridging Specialties: Timely Diagnosis for ILD is encouraging primary care and pulmonary clinicians to come together on Rare Disease Day (February 28) to explore ways to shorten the time to diagnosis for pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases.

28 Feb 2023

High burden of multi-food allergies among children and adults in the U.S.

A new study in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology aimed to characterize the characteristics, prevalence, determinants, distribution, and psychosocial burden of multi-FA among adults and children in the US.

3 Jan 2023

Diagnostic technologies in Asia Pacific are key to progress toward health-related SDGs

We are at the halfway point from when we set our ambitious sustainable development goal 3 (SDG3) for good health and well-being by 2030.

23 Dec 2022

What are the characteristics of misdiagnosed human mpox cases?

In a recent study, researchers characterized overlooked cases of monkeypox (MPX).

21 Dec 2022

Using AI and socially assistive robots for early detection of urinary tract infections

A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University are developing artificial intelligence (AI) and socially assistive robots to detect urinary tract infections (UTIs) earlier.

2 Dec 2022

When malpractice occurs at community health centers, taxpayers pay

Silvia Garcia's 14-year-old son was left permanently disabled and in a wheelchair after a community health center doctor in New Mexico failed to diagnose his appendicitis despite his complaint of severe stomach pain.

28 Nov 2022

OSU researchers develop novel nanomedicine technique for diagnosing and ending ectopic pregnancies

Oregon State University scientists have produced a proof of concept for a new and better way of caring for women facing the life-threatening situation of ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the lining of the uterus.

22 Nov 2022

Experts highlight the expanding presence and emerging risks from three endemic fungal diseases

Infectious diseases expert George Thompson has been studying and treating fungal diseases for over two decades. He monitors their spread, symptoms and relative risks.

22 Nov 2022

Understanding the brain correlates of dissociative disorders

Trauma can cause dissociative symptoms - such as having an out-of-body experience, or feeling emotionally numb - that may help an individual cope in the short term but can have negative impacts if the symptoms persist for a long period of time.

3 Nov 2022

Researchers use deep neural networks to virtually stain microscopic images of unlabeled tissue

In the hospital, there is a group of doctors who use tissue samples as "evidence materials", analyze the evidence using knives, slicers and microscopes to extract clues from the tissue samples, and provide patients with "verdicts" - diagnostic reports.

31 Oct 2022

MRI shows structural changes in the brain associated with functional, nonepileptic seizures

There are just over 3 million Americans with epilepsy who experience seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

25 Oct 2022

Research project on female schistosomiasis receives record-high funding

Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a disease that affects millions of women, but it is often misdiagnosed as cancer or a venereal disease. This leads to unnecessary surgery, social sanctions and ruined lives.

12 Oct 2022

Routine newborn screening for sickle cell disease urgently needed to save lives in Africa

More than 300,000 babies globally are born every year with sickle cell, a hereditary condition which causes red blood cells to become sickle-shaped.

5 Oct 2022

Racial and other biases in AI algorithms for healthcare can be tackled with public support

Members of the public are being asked to help remove biases based on race and other disadvantaged groups in artificial intelligence algorithms for healthcare.

27 Sep 2022

Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination

David Confer, a bicyclist and an audio technician, told his doctor he "used to be Ph.D. level" during a 2019 appointment in Washington, D.C. Confer, then 50, was speaking figuratively: He was experiencing brain fog — a symptom of his liver problems. But did his doctor take him seriously? Now, after his death, Confer's partner, Cate Cohen, doesn't think so.

26 Sep 2022

Study: Many cardiovascular emergencies are due to poorly controlled hypertension

The top cardiovascular (CVD) diagnoses from U.S. emergency departments suggest that many cardiovascular emergencies are due to poorly controlled high blood pressure, according to a study of more than 20 million emergency department visits published Sept. 8 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

20 Sep 2022

Misdiagnosis News and Research

Hemex Health awarded $3 million grant to advance commercialization of Gazelle Hb Variant Test for the U.S. market

New clinician toolkit aims to close the gaps in diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases

High burden of multi-food allergies among children and adults in the U.S.

Diagnostic technologies in Asia Pacific are key to progress toward health-related SDGs

What are the characteristics of misdiagnosed human mpox cases?

Using AI and socially assistive robots for early detection of urinary tract infections

When malpractice occurs at community health centers, taxpayers pay

OSU researchers develop novel nanomedicine technique for diagnosing and ending ectopic pregnancies

Experts highlight the expanding presence and emerging risks from three endemic fungal diseases

Understanding the brain correlates of dissociative disorders

Researchers use deep neural networks to virtually stain microscopic images of unlabeled tissue

MRI shows structural changes in the brain associated with functional, nonepileptic seizures

Research project on female schistosomiasis receives record-high funding

Routine newborn screening for sickle cell disease urgently needed to save lives in Africa

Racial and other biases in AI algorithms for healthcare can be tackled with public support

Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination

Study: Many cardiovascular emergencies are due to poorly controlled hypertension

Vaccines used to prevent monkeypox

Increased incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in young Americans

Skin cancer is a risk no matter the skin tone. But it may be overlooked in people with dark skin.

Industry Focus eBook - Forensics & toxicology (2nd edition) eBook

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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