News tagged with clinical test


Genetic causes found in nearly 1 in 5 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy heart failure

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have identified genetic causes in nearly 1 in 5 patients who suffer a type of heart failure called dilated cardiomyopathy.

Cardiology created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Coronary CTA rapidly rules out heart attack in emergency patents, reduces hospital stays

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans allow doctors to determine safely and more quickly which patients at low-to intermediate-risk for a heart attack can be discharged from hospital emergency departments (EDs) than traditional ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

DNA marker predicts platinum drug response in breast, ovarian cancer

Scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and their colleagues have found a genetic marker that predicts which aggressive "triple negative" breast cancers and certain ovarian cancers will ...

Cancer created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Trial for new drug-resistant TB treatment to begin

A global health alliance Monday unveiled plans for the first clinical tests of a new treatment regimen for tuberculosis, including for patients with resistance to existing multidrug programs.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Health groups issue cervical cancer screening guidelines

The American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have released new guidelines for the prevention and early detection ...

Cancer created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cuba to test new AIDS vaccine on humans

Cuba's top biotech teams have successfully tested a new AIDS vaccine on mice, and are ready to soon begin human testing, a leading researcher told a biotechnology conference in Havana on Monday.

HIV & AIDS created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effects of a concussion may last longer than symptoms, study shows

A study recently published by the University of Kentucky's Scott Livingston shows that physiological problems stemming from a concussion may continue to present in the patient even after standard symptoms ...

Neuroscience created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How accurate are rapid flu tests? New research could lead to more timely diagnosis

A new study conducted by researchers from McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC), and Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, has put the accuracy ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children now eligible for screening test for bacterium

(HealthDay) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded approval for a breath test that screens for a common ulcer-causing germ, to include children aged 3 years to 17.

Medications created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family history -- a significant way to improve cardiovascular disease risk assessment

A new study by researchers at The University of Nottingham has proved that assessing family medical history is a significant tool in helping GPs spot patients at high risk of heart disease and its widespread use could save ...

Cardiology created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New blood test for early cancer detection developed

A simple blood test is being developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel that may provide early detection of many types of cancer.

Cancer created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds massively parallel sequencing can detect fetal aneuploidies, including Down syndrome

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that massively parallel sequencing can ...

Health created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study flags over-reliance on computer tests in return-to-plan decisions after concussion

A new study by researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus and Pace University is critical of the widespread use of computerized neuropsychological tests (CNT) in decisions regarding when athletes can return ...

Neuroscience created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical technique sets new standard for speed in battle to prevent pandemic infection

A new diagnosis technique developed by researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) has succeeded in detecting influenza virus infection in only 40 minutes and with one hundred times the sensitivity of conventional ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study identifies a cause of resistance to colon cancer treatment

Doctors and researchers of Hospital del Mar and its research institute, the IMIM, have lead a study describing a new pharmacological resistance to cancer. This new mechanism is a mutation in an oncogene called EGFR (epidermal ...

Cancer created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0