News tagged with medical diagnosis


Poor service, bedside manner top patients' online complaints

(HealthDay)—On "rate-your-doctor" websites, patients complain more about poor bedside manner and unprofessional office staff than inadequate medical skills, according to a recent multi-city study published ...

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Study finds gaps in 'decision aids' designed to help determine right cancer screening option

When it comes to a cancer diagnosis, timing can be everything – the sooner it's found, the more treatable it is. But when and how often should someone get screened?

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Picture this: A dramatic drop in wrong patient errors

Adding a photo of a face to x-ray images can reduce "wrong-patient" errors five-fold, a new study finds.

Cancer created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Changes to psychiatry's 'bible' could widen definition of ADHD

(HealthDay)—When the latest version of what is considered the "bible" of psychiatry is unveiled in May, experts believe several changes in it will broaden both the definition and diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity ...

Attention deficit disorders created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers call on physicians to urge newly diagnosed cancer patients to quit smoking

Yale Cancer Center experts in collaboration with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) are calling on physicians to routinely recommend that patients stop smoking after a diagnosis of cancer. ...

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Few to no work efficiencies when different providers read different scans on same patient

According to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, any efficiencies in physician interpretation and diagnosis gained when different providers interpret different medical imagin ...

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Stillbirth rates have increased significantly, although spontaneous stillbirth rates have not

The rate of stillbirths in British Columbia, Canada, increased by 31% over a decade, although the rate of spontaneous stillbirths did not increase, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...

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Somatic symptom disorder: New condition could classify millions of people as mentally ill

Millions of people could be mislabeled as mentally ill when psychiatry's bible of diagnoses is updated in May, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lower proportion of Medicare patients dying in hospitals

A study published Feb. 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that while more seniors are dying with hospice care than a decade ago, they are increasingly doing so for very few days r ...

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Germany clears genetic testing of embryos

Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday gave its green light to testing embryos after in vitro fertilisation in certain cases after a passionate ethical debate in the country on the issue.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests increased diagnosis rate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at health plan

A study of medical records at the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health plan suggests the rate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis increased from 2001 to 2010, according to a report published ...

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Parkinson's can lead to anxiety and other non-motor symptoms, even early on

While movement problems are the main symptom of Parkinson's disease, a new study shows that even early in the course of disease people frequently experience many non-motor symptoms such as drooling, anxiety and constipation. ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First Alzheimer's case has full diagnosis 106 years later

(Medical Xpress)—More than a hundred years after Alois Alzheimer identified Alzheimer's disease in a patient an analysis of that original patient's brain has revealed the genetic origin of their condition.

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Researchers study cry acoustics to determine risk for autism

Autism is a poorly understood family of related conditions. People with autism generally lack normal social interaction skills and engage in a variety of unusual and often characteristic behaviors, such as repetitive movements. ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds anxiety linked to chest pain in children

(Medical Xpress)—Psychological factors can have as much—or more—impact on pediatric chest pain as physical ones, a University of Georgia study found recently. UGA psychologists discovered pediatric patients diagnosed ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast