FDA approves first test to spot folks at high risk of opioid use disorder
A newly approved test can determine whether a person has a genetically driven risk of becoming addicted to opioids.
Dec 21, 2023
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A newly approved test can determine whether a person has a genetically driven risk of becoming addicted to opioids.
Dec 21, 2023
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After surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a brain injury expert is calling for much-needed reforms to the legal definition ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Detecting cancer early before it spreads throughout the body can be lifesaving. This is why doctors recommend regular screening for several common cancer types, using a variety of methods. Colonoscopies, for example, screen ...
Nov 1, 2022
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A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, perhaps even years before symptoms appear, is an exciting possibility, but a new study shows that much more research is needed before these blood tests are routinely used ...
May 26, 2022
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Cardiovascular disease is the primary cause of pregnancy‐related death, yet a new national survey led by doctors at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai suggests that few cardiologists, trainees or care team members ...
May 18, 2022
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Home-based, self-administered tests for influenza are comparable in accuracy to rapid diagnostic tests in clinical settings, according to a recently published, peer-reviewed study.
Mar 10, 2022
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Ambient temperature influences the results of some of the most used laboratory tests, and these distortions likely affect medical decision making, such as whether to prescribe medications, researchers report December 10th ...
Dec 10, 2021
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Genomic testing—the ability to read an individual's genetic code and identify their risk of conditions such as cancer—has opened up huge possibilities in personalized medicine.
Oct 5, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Less than half of individuals have their ferritin levels checked during pregnancy, and among those who do, half have low iron levels, according to a study published online Aug. 30 in Blood Advances.
Sep 23, 2021
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A technology that is widely used by commercial genetic testing companies is "extremely unreliable" in detecting very rare variants, meaning results suggesting individuals carry rare disease-causing genetic variants are usually ...
Feb 15, 2021
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