Low mobility predicts hospital readmission in older heart attack patients
Close to 20% of elderly adults who have suffered a heart attack will be readmitted to the hospital within 30 ...
Tag: Diagnostics
Electronic health records decision support reduces inappropriate use of GI test
Diagnostic stewardship strategy eliminates waste from unnecessary testing NEW YORK (April 23, 2019) -- Programming a hospital's electronic health record ...
BU, Johnson & Johnson Innovation alliance: Immune system boost could prevent lung cancer
Genomic differences related to the immune system may play a key role in the early development of lung cancer. That ...
Researchers find new novel circulating proteins involved in progression of DKD to ESRD
Credit: Joslin Communications BOSTON - (April 22, 2019) -- In a breakthrough study published today in Nature Medicine, researchers at ...
Vanderbilt University to develop and test ‘safe harbor’ standards of care
A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University's schools of Law, Medicine and Management has received a five-year research grant from ...
Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center announces $200K Challenge winners
Pitch contest showcases cutting-edge products, technologies from around the world BOSTON -- Entrepreneurs developing new technologies to treat blood clots, ...
Making digital tissue imaging better
Biomedical researchers develop first open-source, quality-control review tool for fast-growing digital pathology field CLEVELAND--There's a low-tech problem troubling the high-tech ...
New CRISPR tool executes multiple edits simultaneously, leading to unique partnership to deliver more precise cancer treatments
Technology from The Gene Editing Institute licensed to biotech firm NovellusDx to drive next-generation personalized cancer care Wilmington, Del, April ...
Study compares colonoscopy polyp detection rates and endoscopist characteristics
Wednesday, April 17, 2019, CLEVELAND: Previous research has suggested that specific factors about the doctor performing colonoscopy - for example, ...
Biosensor ‘bandage’ collects and analyzes sweat
Credit: American Chemical Society Like other biofluids, sweat contains a wealth of information about what's going on inside the body. ...
Technology automatically senses how Parkinson’s patients respond to medication
Novel approach doesn't require patient or physician engagementCredit: Florida Atlantic University Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurological disorder ...
The Leukemia Atlas: researchers unveil proteins that signal disease
Computational researchers develop protein atlas to accelerate personalized medicineCredit: Courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, April 17, 2019) -- Only about ...
Microbiome science may help doctors deliver more effective, personalized treatment to children with irritable bowel syndrome
A new, improved diagnostic classification technique enables stratification of pediatric patients with irritable bowel syndrome with greater precision so they ...
AI performs as well as experienced radiologists in detecting prostate cancer
FINDINGS UCLA researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system to help radiologists improve their ability to diagnose prostate cancer. ...
Synthetic peptide can inhibit toxicity, aggregation of protein in Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's is a disease of aggregation. Neurons in the human brain make a protein called amyloid beta. Such proteins on ...
Precise decoding of breast cancer cells creates new option for treatment
Credit: Johanna Wagner / UZH) Every year more than 1.7 million women all over the world are diagnosed with breast ...
Decoding cancer’s molecular signature
New algorithm identifies patients harboring tumor-causing defect found in multiple cancers and treatable with common drug Medications known as PARP ...
BU scientists find electrostimulation can improve working memory in people
As memories fade, can we supercharge them back to life?Credit: Cydney Scott for Boston University In a groundbreaking study published ...
Fishy diagnostics for food allergy testing
James Cook University scientists in Australia have found material commonly used for fish allergy testing is unreliable - potentially putting ...
Case of tick-borne relapsing fever in Mexico
Credit: CDC/ William L. Nicholson, Ph.D. (Public Domain, 2012) Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) is a recurring fever caused by exposure ...