Psychology & Psychiatry
Sex matters: Why guys recognize cars and women recognize birds best
(Medical Xpress)—Women are better than men at recognizing living things and men are better than women at recognizing vehicles.
Sep 17, 2012
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News tagged with new test
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New COVID test more than 99 percent accurate
A new test developed by scientists at the University of Aberdeen using AI-assisted technology has proven to be almost one hundred percent accurate in detecting COVID antibodies.
Dec 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New Lyme disease test improves treatment for horses, dogs
Romping through summer fields seems like a harmless pleasure for dogs, horses and humans alike. But just one bite from the wrong tick can rob an animal of that pastime. The bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi catch rides with certain ...
Jun 17, 2011
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Biomedical technology
Electricity could help speed wound healing, new study shows
Electric stimulation may be able to help blood vessels carry white blood cells and oxygen to wounds, speeding healing, a new study suggests.
Mar 11, 2021
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Addiction
Is evidence for or against drug-testing welfare recipients? It depends on the result we're after
The government's announcement in the May 2017 budget of a trial of random drug testing of 5,000 Youth Allowance and Newstart recipients has been almost universally criticised. While the prime minister claimed the program ...
Sep 13, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rapid test for COVID-19 shows improved sensitivity
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with their collaborators at the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Brigham and ...
Sep 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New blood test measures immunity against SARS-CoV-2
The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and EPFL teamed up to develop a new test that's sensitive enough to measure the amount of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies present in the bloodstream. The scientists' discovery, published ...
Jul 15, 2021
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Diabetes
Genomic testing triggers a diabetes diagnosis revolution
Over a 10 year period, the time that babies receive genetic testing after being diagnosed with diabetes has fallen from over four years to under two months. Pinpointing the exact genetic causes of sometimes rare forms of ...
Aug 17, 2015
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Medical research
Newborn screening test developed for rare, deadly neurological disorder
Soon after birth, a baby's blood is sampled and tested for a number of rare inherited conditions, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia. But no such test has existed for a progressive neurodegenerative disease, called ...
May 4, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's test provides much needed answers to patients and their families
Over half a million Canadians are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia, and with a rapidly aging population, that number is projected to double by 2031. Now, a new test will help patients ...
Dec 15, 2021
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