News articles tagged with 'diagnostic'
Scientists find candidate for new TB vaccine
— 19 Mar 2011 15:04 | HealthScientists have discovered a protein secreted by tuberculosis (TB) bacteria that could be a promising new vaccine candidate, they report today in Proceedings of the National Academy…
New blood analysis chip could lead to disease diagnosis in minutes
— 19 Mar 2011 14:19 | HealthA major milestone in microfluidics could soon lead to stand-alone, self-powered chips that can diagnose diseases within minutes. The device, developed by an international team of researchers…
Higher volume reduces false positives in screening mammography
— 22 Feb 2011 23:40 | HealthRadiologists who interpret a high volume of mammograms may not detect more cancers but are better at determining which suspicious lesions are not malignant, according to a new study…
Experts urge even greater caution in use of X-rays during pregnancy and infancy
— 11 Feb 2011 16:18 | HealthClinicians should be careful about using x-rays on pregnant women and infants because of the potential for a slight increase in the risk of children developing cancer, concludes a new…
Rice University technology in human trials to spot cardiac disease, cancer, drug abuse
— 10 Feb 2011 20:16 | HealthHeart disease is a silent killer, but new microchip technology from Rice University is expected to advance the art of diagnosis…
Fast sepsis test can save lives
— 3 Jan 2011 16:59 | HealthAlthough it is the third most frequent cause of death in Germany, blood poisoning is frequently underestimated. In this country, 60,000 persons die every year from some form of sepsis,…
Expert panel addresses safety in medical imaging
— 3 Dec 2010 18:08 | HealthAn expert panel convened today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to discuss medical imaging appropriateness, ionising radiation from imaging…
Expert panel addresses safety in medical imaging
— 2 Dec 2010 20:28 | HealthAn expert panel convened today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to discuss medical imaging appropriateness, ionising radiation from imaging…
Diagnosis uncertainty increases anxiety in patients
— 29 Nov 2010 14:07 | HealthHave you ever felt uneasy sitting in a doctor's waiting room or climbed the walls waiting for your test results? That feeling of anxious uncertainty can be more stressful than knowing…
New imaging technique accurately finds cancer cells, fast
— 25 Nov 2010 17:06 | HealthThe long, anxious wait for biopsy results could soon be over, thanks to a tissue-imaging technique developed at the University of Illinois…