Page 18 - News tagged with clinical tests

Medications

Test positive for COVID? Here's how to get your free meds

Pretty sure you have COVID, but unsure about what you need to do next?

Apr 4, 2022

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Oncology & Cancer

Cause of metastasis in prostate cancer discovered

Prostate cancers remain localized in the majority of cases, giving affected individuals a good chance of survival. However, about 20% of patients develop incurable metastatic prostate cancer, resulting in approximately 5,000 ...

Apr 4, 2022

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Researchers develop scoring tool to measure severity of delirium

Delirium is a serious change in brain function that affects up to 64% of older medical patients and up to 50% of older surgical patients. It can manifest as sudden confusion, agitation, memory loss or hallucinations and delusions. ...

Mar 31, 2022

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Pharmacogenetic testing shows promise improving symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression

Pharmacogenetic testing was associated with nearly a two-fold (89%) increase in remission rates compared to treatment as usual in a Centre for Addiction and Mental Health- (CAMH-)led clinical study just published in the journal ...

Mar 29, 2022

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researcher in final stages of FDA approval for ultra-fast COVID-19 test

In the summer of 2020, Texas Tech University's Office of Research Commercialization filed a patent application and applied for the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office.

Mar 28, 2022

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Health

Student-led study finds just 15% of CBD-infused oil, beverages, and other products are labeled correctly

In 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription medication derived from cannabis sativa: Epidiolex. Used to treat seizures, Epidiolex is purified formulation of cannabidiol (CBD) and has been ...

Mar 25, 2022

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers develop new antibody test to diagnose MS

Mayo Clinic researchers have validated a new antibody test to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS), a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are affected by MS, according ...

Mar 24, 2022

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Medications

Study shows effectiveness of pill form of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 in mice

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are testing a new route for remdesivir, a pill form of the COVID-19 treatment that's given to half of all hospitalized patients with the disease.

Mar 22, 2022

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Medical research

Study shows the need to improve how scientists approach early-stage cancer research

Preclinical studies, the kind that scientists perform before testing in humans, don't get as much attention as their clinical counterparts. But they are the vital first steps to eventual treatments and cures. It's important ...

Mar 21, 2022

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Genetics

Researchers identify gene mutations linked to pregnancy sickness

Most women experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, but a condition known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), which affects up to 2% of pregnant women, causes nausea and vomiting so severe that it can lead to starvation, ...