Iranian scientists have found that a rapid diagnostic test for visceral leishmaniasis can discriminate between different forms of the disease.
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are looking at a new genomics-based diagnostic test developed to determine the origins of hard-to-identify tumors.
Rapid diagnostic tests potentially present a quick, easy-to-use solution for improved malaria diagnosis. But are they the way to go?
PHILADELPHIA, March 18 (UPI) -- U.S. pathologists say they have developed a biomarker diagnostic test that can confirm or rule out Alzheimer's disease.
... and global spread of a new swine flu virus highlights the urgent need for a reliable diagnostic test that can discriminate the H1N1 influenza virus from other strains and can be readily implemented ...
... a consultation had a 52% chance of having an unsuccessful stay.
"We found that less accessible diagnostic tests and the need for consultations had the greatest association with unsuccessful stays," ...
... and reimbursement decisions" wrote AMP President Jan A. Nowak, MD, Ph.D. "Diagnostic tests ... much less experience in assessing the role of the diagnostic test itself in appropriate and cost effective ...
... , often donated by lab technicians themselves. But diagnostic tests aren't standardized for human blood, ... often infeasible due to cost, access to diagnostics or manpower. Ellen Jo Baron and colleagues ...
... in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Children's researchers have established that the CRAFFT diagnostic test can also identify teens that are more likely to be engaging in high risk sexual behaviors. ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has issued guidelines designed to help manufacturers develop diagnostic tests for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.
... that fewer than half of pediatricians report screening patients for such at-risk behaviors. A new diagnostic test allows clinicians to quickly and accurately screen teens for high risk drug and ...
... genes that are active in these cells. This finding can be potentially used to develop a non-invasive diagnostic test for patients suspected of having lung cancer,” said Dr. Vachani. “A diagnostic test ...
... respiratory problems such as asthma might also be more susceptible to reflux disease.
Scintigraphy is a diagnostic test in which a two-dimensional picture is obtained through detection of a radiation ...
... and risks are minimized by tailoring disease treatments specifically to you. This requires the precise diagnostic tests and targeted therapies that can stem from assays using a DNA microarray — a ...
... Hopkins physician suggests. The hemoglobin A1c test (HbA1c), based on a blood sample, is widely ... know it," he adds. The current screening and diagnostic tests measure only the amount of sugar present ...
