News tagged with rapid screening

Visual test effective in diagnosing concussions in collegiate athletes

A sideline visual test effectively detected concussions in collegiate athletes, according to a team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Concussed athletes scored an average ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Young adults, teens prefer rapid HIV testing

Teens and young adults prefer rapid HIV testing that can deliver results in less than an hour, but some still worry about whether their tests will be confidential, according to a new study published online in the Journal of ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sideline test accurately detects athletes' concussions in minutes, study shows

A simple test performed at the sideline of sporting events can accurately detect concussions in athletes, according to study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Current sideline tests can ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine emergency dept. HIV screenings find only small increase in newly diagnosed HIV patients

The use of routine HIV screening in a hospital emergency department, which patients had the option to decline, was associated with only a modest increase in the number of patients with newly diagnosed HIV infection, compared ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NRL Develops Technique To Speed Detection Process

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory are developing a device to enable rapid detection and identification of bacteria, chemicals, and explosives in the environment or on the battlefield.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chip simulates metabolism of medicine in human body

(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny electrochemical cell, developed by researchers of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, The Netherlands, is able to mimick the behaviour of medicine inside a human body. This chip ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0