Cardiology
Predicting heart disease, stroke could be as easy as a blood test
Imagine getting a simple blood test to help doctors predict your risk for having a heart attack or stroke.
Apr 29, 2019
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Medical research
More evidence that blood tests can detect the risk of Alzheimer's
A new study confirms that a simple blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the brain. The researchers analysed neurofilament light protein (NFL) in blood samples from patients with Alzheimer's ...
Apr 24, 2019
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Medical research
Breast cancer blood test could help to spot relapse earlier
A simple blood test could help to detect breast cancer relapse up to two years earlier than imaging in patients with early-stage breast cancer.
Apr 17, 2019
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Groin and hips of hockey players examined in five-second test
Five seconds is enough to assess the status of a hockey player's groin. For the first time, a simple field test, called the five-second squeeze test, has been used on ice hockey players to see if it can indicate current hip/groin ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Autism spectrum disorders
Chick-inspired autism test for newborn babies to help early intervention
Giorgio Vallortigara didn't set out to develop software that could detect whether babies have autism. A neuroscience professor at the University of Trento in Italy, his areas of expertise include animal cognition – he's ...
Jan 29, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Using neurofeedback to prevent PTSD in soldiers
A team of researchers from Israel, the U.S. and the U.K. has found that using neurofeedback could prevent soldiers from experiencing PTSD after engaging in emotionally difficult situations. In their paper published in the ...
Oncology & Cancer
Study: $1 test outperforms PSA screening for prostate cancer
A test that costs less than a $1 and yields results in minutes has been shown in newly published studies to be more sensitive and more exact than the current standard test for early-stage prostate cancer.
Apr 3, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Can we train ourselves to control our dreams?
A new national study at the University of Adelaide is investigating how people can mentally prepare themselves to influence their dreams.
Jan 7, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Simple test can help detect Alzheimer's before dementia signs show
York University researchers say a simple test that combines thinking and movement can help to detect heightened risk for developing Alzheimer's disease in a person, even before there are any telltale behavioural signs of ...
Sep 19, 2014
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Cardiology
Test accurately rules out heart attacks in the ER (Update)
A simple test appears very good at ruling out heart attacks in people who go to emergency rooms with chest pain, a big public health issue and a huge worry for patients.
Mar 30, 2014
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