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EKF launches high performance quantitative COVID-SeroKlir antibody test kit

EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that it has introduced one of the first tests to precisely measure levels of COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies in individuals.

From EKF Diagnostics 10 Dec 2020

Researchers pinpoint key factors to ensure successful fecal microbiota transplants

Could number two be number one when it comes to combating recurrent Clostridium difficile (CDI) infections?Using genetic material analysis and machine learning, UBC researchers have pinpointed several key factors to ensure successful fecal microbiota transplants (FMT), which have proven successful in treating bacterial infections in the gut including illnesses like C. difficile, Crohn's Disease, Colitis and even obesity, explains lead author Negin Kazemian.

10 Dec 2020

Study shows how blood biomarkers and income can predict future disability

Blood tests for ‘biomarkers’ such as cholesterol and inflammation could predict whether you will be disabled in five years – according to research from the University of East Anglia.

10 Dec 2020

New model shows how bacteria behave in multiple scenarios with common spatial patterns

Bacteria is all around us - not just in bathrooms or kitchen counters, but also inside our bodies, including in tumors, where microbiota often flourish.

10 Dec 2020

Implementation of Affordable Care Act expands access to early-stage breast cancer diagnosis

Minority women and women in general aged 50-64 in Pennsylvania showed an increased proportion of early-stage breast cancer diagnosis since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

9 Dec 2020

Covid-19's impact on cancer services and research

The National Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Research UK and Public Health England's National Disease Registration Service hosted a Cancer/Covid-19 Research Summit with researchers from different disciplines discussing the impact that Covid-19 is having on cancer services and research.

9 Dec 2020

Autistic children show significant IQ increases between the ages of 12 to 23 years

Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face a lifelong challenge characterized by qualitative impairments in both communication and social interaction.

9 Dec 2020

New guidelines improved the ability to predict C. diff infection mortality

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the most common health care-associated infection in the United States, causing an estimated 12,800 deaths each year.

9 Dec 2020

Change in mental status or falls may be misinterpreted as infection in nursing homes

There is a widespread belief that a change in the mental status or an increase in falls in a nursing home resident may indicate an underlying infection.

9 Dec 2020

Henry Ford Health System is first in the U.S. to perform a procedure using CG-100 intraluminal device

Henry Ford Health System is the first in the country to perform a procedure using the CG-100™ intraluminal device, which is temporarily inserted into the gastrointestinal tract and designed to reduce diverting stoma rates, and the need for an ostomy bag, in patients undergoing gastrointestinal resection procedures due to colorectal cancer treatment.

9 Dec 2020

Symptom under-recognition may be common in breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

Among patients with breast cancer treated with radiotherapy, under-recognition of symptoms was common in reports of pain, pruritus, edema, and fatigue, with younger patients and Black patients having significantly increased odds of symptom under-recognition, according to data presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 8-11.

9 Dec 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on emergency medical services: a case study

A team of researchers based in Turkey has now studied the pandemic's effect on emergency medical services (EMS). Their study, titled "Effects of COVID‐19 pandemic on emergency medical services," was published in the latest issue of The International Journal of Clinical Practice.

9 Dec 2020

Considerable COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in UK may affect herd immunity, study finds

Scientists from the Imperial College London and the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK, have conducted a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey to evaluate the public’s willingness to receive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination and their attitude toward prioritization.

9 Dec 2020

Developing antimicrobial products with resistance to coronavirus

In this interview, News-Medical spoke to Charles Churchman, Co-founder of Veraco, about their antimicrobial products that have been designed to have resistance to coronavirus.

9 Dec 2020

Study describes novel aging clock trained to predict human age

Deep Longevity, a Hong-Kong based longevity startup, has published their research on the epigenetics of aging in the Aging and Disease journal.

9 Dec 2020

Troublesome COVID-19 symptoms could last more than 6 weeks

Physicians in Geneva have shown that some of the troublesome symptoms of COVID-19 could last more than 6 weeks, even in patients without underlying risk factors.

8 Dec 2020

Active surveillance could be a viable treatment option for patients with low-risk thyroid cancer

Results from a new study co-led by researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and the Department of Surgery at Kuma Hospital in Kobe, Japan show that active surveillance can be successfully implemented as a viable treatment option for patients with low-risk thyroid cancer.

8 Dec 2020

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

EKF launches high performance quantitative COVID-SeroKlir antibody test kit

Researchers pinpoint key factors to ensure successful fecal microbiota transplants

Study shows how blood biomarkers and income can predict future disability

New model shows how bacteria behave in multiple scenarios with common spatial patterns

Implementation of Affordable Care Act expands access to early-stage breast cancer diagnosis

Covid-19's impact on cancer services and research

Autistic children show significant IQ increases between the ages of 12 to 23 years

New guidelines improved the ability to predict C. diff infection mortality

Change in mental status or falls may be misinterpreted as infection in nursing homes

Henry Ford Health System is first in the U.S. to perform a procedure using CG-100 intraluminal device

Symptom under-recognition may be common in breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy

The impact of COVID-19 on emergency medical services: a case study

Considerable COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in UK may affect herd immunity, study finds

Developing antimicrobial products with resistance to coronavirus

Study describes novel aging clock trained to predict human age

Troublesome COVID-19 symptoms could last more than 6 weeks

Active surveillance could be a viable treatment option for patients with low-risk thyroid cancer

OU Health Sciences Center receives federal grant for opioid management in older adults

Researchers find elevated biomarker for blood vessel damage in children with SARS-CoV-2

Reducing aerosol transmission could help tackle COVID-19 pandemic

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