Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Roche develops monkeypox PCR tests
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday it had come up with PCR tests that can detect monkeypox, as the virus spreads outside endemic countries.
May 25, 2022
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News tagged with skin test
Oncology & Cancer
Can a blood test help diagnose skin cancer?
New research in Advanced NanoBiomed Research indicates that testing an individual's blood can reveal the presence of circulating melanoma cells. Such tests may allow patients to forego invasive skin biopsies to determine ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Immunology
Q&A: Testing for food allergies and sensitivities
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have struggled with stomach issues for many years. Is it possible my upset stomach can be an allergy or sensitivity to certain foods? I want to feel better, and I am curious about testing that may be available ...
Apr 14, 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 04, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Suppressing the spread of tumors
Why some patients develop metastases and others do not is largely unclear. Researchers around ISTA professor Daria Siekhaus are now contributing to a better understanding of the process in certain types of cancer. They took ...
Feb 08, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer risks in African American men
Prostate cancer, the second-most common cancer in men behind skin cancer with nearly a quarter of a million cases in the U.S. diagnosed annually, plays favorites.
Oct 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Smartphone photos can be used to detect anemia
A picture of a person's inner eyelid taken with a standard smartphone camera can be used to screen for anemia, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Selim Suner of Brown University ...
Jul 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Potential complications following dermal filler augmentation
Irish doctors highlight potential complications following buttock augmentation that can result in hospitalization in a case report being presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) ...
Jun 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Temperature scanners aren't good at telling who has COVID-19—here's how to fix that
During the pandemic, the chances are that as you enter an airport or doctor's surgery, someone will point an infrared thermometer at your forehead in order to assess your temperature. Your skin temperature is being measured ...
Feb 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 03, 2020
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