Oncology & Cancer
Lung cancer report delivers good, bad news
More Americans are surviving lung cancer in recent years, but very few people at high risk are getting the recommended screening.
Nov 13, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Advanced imaging may help in clinical treatment of prostate cancer
An advanced imaging method is showing promise as a way to improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer by giving clinicians a clearer view of suspected tumors during biopsy.
Mar 9, 2023
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Immunology
Moms and dads of kids with food allergies think they're allergic too
When testing for food allergies, allergists often ask about family history. If your parents have food allergies, the chances are higher that you too will have them. Problem is, not everyone who reports a food allergy actually ...
Oct 12, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Q&A: Why women should start getting mammograms at age 40
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new draft guidelines this year recommending that women start breast cancer screening at a younger age. Leading breast cancer screening expert Elizabeth Morris, ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Blood cell mutations confound prostate cancer liquid biopsy results
Unrelated mutations, when present in the blood, can lead to false positive results in men with advanced prostate cancer who are undergoing liquid biopsies. Such tests, which look for variants in the cell-free DNA that tumors ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Developing machine learning models to predict critical illness and mortality in COVID-19 patients
Mount Sinai researchers have developed machine learning models that predict the likelihood of critical events and mortality in COVID-19 patients within clinically relevant time windows. The new models outlined in the study—one ...
Nov 10, 2020
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Cardiology
New fetal shape analysis can predict need for baby's life-saving surgery
Researchers and clinicians from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have for the first time conducted a shape analysis of the fetal aorta to detect a congenital heart defect before birth. Their research ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Neuroscience
Do high false positive rates linked to functional MRI compromise results in neuroimaging studies?
Challenging recent claims that inflated false positive rates in the analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain may negate the findings of countless previous studies, a new review of this controversial ...
May 25, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New blood test gives high accuracy screen for Alzheimer's disease
A new blood test called p-tau217 shows promise as an Alzheimer's disease biomarker, and when used in a two-step workflow very high accuracy to either identify or exclude brain amyloidosis, the most important and earliest ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel test could ensure newborns with a serious genetic disease receive essential treatment
Scientists have developed a test that could greatly improve quality of life for infants with homocystinuria (HCU), a congenital disease that—if not treated early—causes serious complications. Research demonstrating the ...
Mar 15, 2023
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