News tagged with diagnosis
Yale's scan of Turkish infant's genome yields a surprise diagnosis
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a dramatic illustration of the power of emerging genetic technologies, Yale University researchers have reported making a clinical diagnosis for the first time using comprehensive DNA sequencing of all ...
Tracking down the human 'odorprint'
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Each of the 6.7 billion people on Earth has a signature body odor -- the chemical counterpart to fingerprints -- and scientists are tracking down those odiferous arches, loops, and whorls in the "human odorprint" for purposes ...
Skills tests like 'connect the dots' may be early Alzheimer's indicator
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of mental decline in the years prior to diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease suggests that changing the focus of testing may help physicians detect signs of the disease much earlier. School of Medicine ...
Prostate cancer gives a new outlook on life
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Men who have prostate cancer often feel quite healthy, but the diagnosis still gives them a whole new outlook on life. Once they have learned to live with their cancer, they choose to focus on valuable relationships and appreciate ...
Understanding the implications of prenatal testing for Down syndrome
Sep 14, 2009 |
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With new prenatal tests for Down syndrome on the horizon promising to be safer, more accurate, and available to women earlier in pregnancy, the medical community must come together and engage in dialogue about the impact ...
New molecular markers for tumor aggressiveness in biliary tract cancer
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, the prognosis of patients with biliary tract cancer is still poor. Elucidating the biological characteristics of these carcinomas has become necessary to improve the prognosis ...
Delays in UK child brain tumor diagnosis
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Significant numbers of children in the UK are suffering from preventable levels of disability, particularly blindness, and premature death because of poor diagnosis of brain tumours.
Early Alzheimer's Screenings Could Cut Health Care Costs
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the nation debates how to control costs as part of health care reform, an Alzheimer's disease researcher says early diagnosis and treatment of the disease could save the nation billions of dollars in costs ...
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis may pose neurological risks
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has helped many couples conceive healthy children and is generally considered a safe practice. However, a new long-term analysis of PGD in mice suggests that this procedure may increase ...
Doctors talk frankly about what encourages and impedes early diagnosis of Alzheimer's
Jul 12, 2009 |
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A doctor's positive attitude to Alzheimer's diagnosis and their trusting, personal relationships with local dementia support service providers are powerful enablers for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's, according to new research ...
Single thawed embryo transfer after PGD does not affect pregnancy rates
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Transferring just one embryo at a time to a woman's womb after embryos have undergone preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and freezing at the blastocyst stage has become a real option after researchers achieved pregnancy ...
Promising biomarker and candidate tumor suppressor gene identified for colorectal cancer
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a new candidate tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer and examined its use as a potential biomarker in stool samples, according to a new study published online June 17 in the Journal of th ...
2 studies find patients have lower health-related quality of life after cancer diagnosis
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Cancer patients who are older than 65 years have poorer physical health and, in some cases, mental health when compared with people of the same age group without cancer, according to a study in the June 9 online issue of ...
New test could help diagnose early dementia
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A new cognitive test for detecting Alzheimer's disease is quicker and more accurate than many current tests, and could help diagnose early dementia.
Study examines reliability of clinical and pathological diagnoses of Barrett's esophagus
May 14, 2009 |
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In a review of more than 2,000 patients coded for Barrett's esophagus, electronic diagnosis overestimated the prevalence of the disease according to researchers in California. They found that only 61.9 percent of patients ...
