News tagged with diagnostic test

New test better detects elephantiasis worm infection

A new diagnostic test for a worm infection that can lead to severe enlargement and deformities of the legs and genitals is far more sensitive than the currently used test, according to results of a field ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created 13 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Asymptomatic carriage of M. pneumoniae common in children

The bacterium M. pneumoniae is carried at high rates in the upper respiratory tracts of healthy children and usual diagnostic tests cannot differentiate between such asymptomatic carriage and actual respiratory tract infect ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA approves genetic test for lung cancer drug

The Food and Drug Administration says it approved a genetic test from Roche to help doctors identify patients who can benefit from a lung cancer drug made by Genentech.

Medications created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Standard criteria needed for spinal stenosis diagnosis

(HealthDay)—There is a need for a consensus on criteria to define and classify lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a review published in the April 15 issue of Spine.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US health leader warns of human-to-human H7N9 bird flu

There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanomal smartphone-like malaria detection device to be field tested one year earlier than scheduled

A pioneering mobile device using cutting-edge nanotechnology to rapidly detect malaria infection and drug resistance will be ready for field testing this year, one year ahead of schedule.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paedophiles identified accurately with implicit association tasks

A combination of two tasks for implied sexual associations has distinguished – with more than 90 per cent certainty – a group of paedophilic men from a group of men with a sexual preference for adult ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

T2 Biosystems publishes data supporting diagnostic test T2Candida

T2 Biosystems, a company developing direct detection products enabling superior diagnostics, today announced the publication of research supporting the Company's flagship diagnostic test, T2Candida, in Science Translational Me ...

Medical research created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer: A review for physicians

Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of death from cancer, and while family physicians in Canada only see 1 cases a year, the number of cases is expected to increase as the population ages. A review in CMAJ (Canad ...

Cancer created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Are pricey computer-aided mammograms worth it?

(HealthDay)—Adding computer-aided detection to mammograms finds more early, noninvasive cancers and helps detect invasive cancers at earlier stages, according to a large new study. But the jury's still ...

Cancer created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover gene mutation that causes children to be born without spleen

The spleen is rarely noticed, until it is missing. In children born without this organ, that doesn't happen until they become sick with life-threatening bacterial infections. An international team of researchers led by scientists ...

Genetics created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genomics may help ID organisms in outbreaks of serious infectious disease

Researchers have been able to reconstruct the genome sequence of an outbreak strain of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) using metagenomics (the direct sequencing of DNA extracted from microbiologically complex sample ...

Genetics created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

ACMG releases statement on noninvasive prenatal screening

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has just released an important new Policy Statement on "Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy." The Statement can be found in the Publications section ...

Other created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Advances in molecular testing offer new hope for lung cancer patients

The emergence of molecular diagnostic testing in lung cancer offers new hope for patients battling the number one cancer killer in the United States and abroad. Now, for the first time after a decade of biomarker testing ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New type of deadly lymphoma identified

An international research team has identified a new type of deadly intestinal lymphoma that is particularly common in Asia. The team, led by clinician-scientists from the SingHealth Academic Healthcare Cluster, also developed ...

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Diagnostic test

A diagnostic test is any kind of medical test performed to aid in the diagnosis or detection of disease. For example:

A drug test can be a specific medical test to acertain the presence of a certain drug in the body (for example, in drug addicts).

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