http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A bedside electronic device that measures eye movements can successfully determine whether the cause of severe, continuous, disabling dizziness is a stroke or something benign, according to results of a small study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-benign-dizziness-simple-bedside.html Cardiology Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:00:03 EST news281710123 While amyloid imaging may now be most associated with detecting plaques in the brain, it has the potential to change the way cardiac amyloidosis is diagnosed. According to first-of-its-kind research published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) with 11C-PIB can positively visualize amyloid deposits in the heart. Currently there is no noninvasive test available for specific diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-amyloid-imaging-cardiac-amyloidosis.html Medical research Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:34:36 EST news279200067 A noninvasive, sequencing-based approach for detecting chromosomal abnormalities in the developing fetus is safer and more informative in some cases than traditional methods, according to a study published by Cell Press January 10th in The American Journal of Human Genetics. This method, which analyzes fetal DNA in the mother's blood, could provide women with a cost-effective way to find out whether their unborn baby will have major developmental problems without risking a miscarriage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-safer-chromosomal-defects-fetus.html Genetics Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:00:12 EST news277027269 A new noninvasive test for colorectal cancer screening demonstrated high sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer, in particular precancers that are most likely to develop into cancer, according to data presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held here Oct. 16-19, 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-noninvasive-colorectal-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:30:42 EST news269612998 (AP) -- A new, noninvasive test to detect certain fetal abnormalities early in pregnancy is being launched and should be widely available next month. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-blood-fetal-anomalies.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 07 May 2012 12:46:19 EST news255613569 Using a noninvasive test on maternal blood that deploys a novel biochemical assay and a new algorithm for analysis, scientists can detect, with a high degree of accuracy, the risk that a fetus has the chromosomal abnormalities that cause Down syndrome and a genetic disorder known as Edwards syndrome. The new approach is more scalable than other recently developed genetic screening tests and has the potential to reduce unnecessary amniocentesis or CVS. Two studies evaluating this approach are available online in advance of publication in the April issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (AJOG). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-noninvasive-method-accurately-efficiently-syndrome.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:46:07 EST news249050750 Children showing difficulty carrying out routine actions, such as getting dressed, playing with particular types of games, drawing, copying from the board in school and even typing at the computer, could be suffering from developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and not necessarily from ADHD or other more familiar disorders, points out Prof. Sara Rosenblum of the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Haifa, whose new study set out to shed new light on DCD. "In quite a few cases, children are not diagnosed early enough or are given an incorrect diagnosis, which can lead to frustration and a sense of disability. It can even result in a decline that requires psychological therapy," she explains. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-developmental-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:57:18 EST news248014621 Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified two novel markers that, when elevated in the blood stream, can predict accurately the risk of renal (kidney) failure in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The findings have immediate diagnostic implications and can be used for the development of new therapies to prevent or postpone the progression of renal disease in diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-markers-key-indicators-future-renal.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:28:44 EST news246216514 Findings on coronary CT angiography (CTA), a noninvasive test to assess the coronary arteries for blockages, show different risk scenarios for men and women, according to a study presented today at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-heart-differs-men-women.html Cardiology Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:40:49 EST news241843235 About 1 in every 120 babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), of which about 25 percent is critical, requiring special care early in life. CHD is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any other birth defect, but often outcomes can be improved with early detection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-screen-newborns-heart-problems.html Cardiology Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:12:32 EST news233205109