Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Need an at-home COVID test? Here's help finding and using one
(HealthDay)—The surge of the Omicron variant across the United States has left people scrambling to find at-home COVID-19 test kits.
Jan 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Some at-home tests may miss Omicron in early stages of infection
(HealthDay)—The Abbott BinaxNOW and Quidel QuickVue—two widely used rapid at-home COVID tests—may sometimes fail to spot evidence of the Omicron variant in the first days after infection, even when people are carrying ...
Jan 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ultrasensitive antigen test detects SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a novel chip-based antigen test that can provide ultrasensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A, the viruses that cause COVID-19 and flu, respectively.
May 11, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Active surveillance safe for African Americans with low-risk prostate cancer
Previous studies have shown that African American men are 2.4 times as likely to die from prostate cancer compared to non-Hispanic white men. This, plus a concern that African Americans may develop cancers that are more aggressive, ...
Nov 3, 2020
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Medical research
Experts explain the ins and outs of different COVID-19 tests
With kids returning to school and many adults heading back to the office or traveling, something as simple as a cough or runny nose might lead to panic—and the need for a COVID-19 test. But because of the wide availability ...
Aug 11, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New urine-based test detects high-grade prostate cancer, helping men avoid unnecessary biopsies
Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow-growing form of the disease unlikely to cause ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Doctors can now detect hard-to-diagnose prostate cancer
Researchers have successfully developed and tested a new prostate cancer screening method that uses the combined power of a novel drug therapy and changes in PSA levels over time to identify men with a high PSA who are more ...
Aug 9, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What's the difference between a PCR and antigen COVID-19 test? A molecular biologist explains
At this point in the pandemic, you or someone you know has probably received at least one COVID-19 test. But do you know which kind of test you got and the strengths and weaknesses of these different tests?
Nov 9, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Is MRI the 'mammography' of prostate cancer screening?
(HealthDay)—MRI screening might greatly reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer in older men, a preliminary study suggests.
Mar 27, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New blood test combined with image-based prostate cancer screening reduces harm and costs
The combination of a novel blood test and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can reduce overdiagnosis of low-risk cancers as well as societal costs in prostate cancer screening, according to a cost-effectiveness study from ...
Jan 28, 2022
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