News articles tagged with 'diagnosis' (Page 2)
Student innovation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could lead to better breast cancer screening
— 4 Mar 2011 14:23 | HealthRecent research by doctoral student Sevan Goenezen holds the promise of becoming a powerful new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. His complex computational research has led…
GPs take more than a month to record ovarian cancer diagnosis in one in 10 cases
— 26 Feb 2011 16:18 | HealthFamily doctors can take more than a month to record ovarian cancer, once diagnosed by a specialist, in one in 10 cases, indicates research published in the launch issue of the new online…
Radiation increases cancer risk for dialysis patients
— 26 Feb 2011 16:12 | HealthHigh radiation doses put a significant number of dialysis patients at increased risk of cancer, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society…
Home urine test measures insulin production in diabetes
— 24 Feb 2011 20:38 | HealthA simple home urine test has been developed which can measure if patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are producing their own insulin. The urine test, from Professor Andrew Hattersley's…
Bedside ultrasound becomes a reality
— 24 Feb 2011 19:23 | HealthClinicians have often referred to ultrasound technology as the 'stethoscope of the future,' predicting that as the equipment shrinks in size, it will one day be as common at the bedside…
Surgery sooner rather than later better for children with perforated appendicitis
— 22 Feb 2011 23:32 | HealthFor children with a perforated appendix, early appendectomy appears to reduce the time away from normal activities and has fewer adverse events as compared to another common option,…
Influence of skin cancer on quality of life appears more substantial for women
— 22 Feb 2011 23:32 | HealthWomen seem to experience more health-related quality of life issues than men for up to 10 years following a diagnosis of the skin cancer melanoma, according to a report in the February…
Asthma through the eyes of a medical anthropologist
— 19 Feb 2011 10:39 | HealthAsthma diagnosis and management vary dramatically around the world, said David Van Sickle, an honorary associate fellow at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public…
Research improves diagnosis and treatment of bleeding disorder
— 17 Feb 2011 19:03 | HealthA rare bleeding disorder that can lead to life-threatening bleeding episodes is misdiagnosed in 15 per cent of cases according to findings from a new international research project…
Noninvasive test for trisomy 21 closer at hand
— 10 Feb 2011 19:31 | HealthIn 1980 in the United States, approximately 4.5% of all pregnant women were of advanced maternal age. By 2007 that figure had increased to 14%. Women over 35 are at increased risk of…