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Resistant malaria spreads as research funding challenges continue
Resistant malaria strains have recently been reported in Cambodia, Thailand and parts of... Read More »
A new technique for analyzing brain images offers the possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the progression and physical path of many... Read More »
Results of a trial conducted by Rush University Medical Center showed that screening with low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT scan) not only reduces lung cancer... Read More »
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have significantly reduced the time it takes to diagnose autism, completing a process that now takes hours in a matter of... Read More »
Scientists have developed a new tool, endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), to diagnose tuberculosis (TB). Up to 30 percent of the world’s population ... Read More »
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a radioactive diagnostic agent that can be used to evaluate a patient for Alzheimer’s disease and other... Read More »
A study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the first to calculate exactly how much radiation obese patients receive from a CT scan. Head of the Nuclear... Read More »
A new microfluidics-based microarray developed by a team at McGill University could potentially change how and when cancer is diagnosed. The group measured the... Read More »
From the beginning of science fiction, robots have often been a central plot point, striving to destroy us. But, seeing how we treated these machines as both slaves... Read More »
Investigators from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have shown that in most elderly patients invasive and expensive techniques, i.e. lumbar puncture and PET... Read More »
Researchers at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany have concluded that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is over-diagnosed based on the results of a new... Read More »
A new technology with high resolution wiring diagram of our brains may reveal individual differences in brain connections that could aid diagnosis and treatment of... Read More »
Researchers have developed multiple techniques and procedures to detect cancer cells during the earliest stages of the disease or post-treatment. But one of the major ... Read More »
The H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 underscored weaknesses in methods to diagnose the flu, from frequent false negatives to long wait times for results. Now a four-year... Read More »
A study revealed that a scan of the heart can safely and quickly rule out the possibility of a heart attack in patients who come to emergency rooms experiencing chest ... Read More »
Photoacoustic tomography can 'see' in color and detail several inches beneath the skin, using a combination of light and sound waves. Photographing inside the ... Read More »
Research indicates that applying new techniques to magnetic resonance pulmonary angiography (MRPA), which uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), significantly... Read More »
Cheap, fast and effective are three words often uttered, especially during recent economic hardships, by manufacturers trying to cost-effectively develop a wide... Read More »
Researchers have identified a genetic signature for a severe, often painful food allergy -- eosinophilic esophagitis -- that could lead to improved diagnosis and... Read More »
Researchers at Oregon State University have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon nanotubes to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that... Read More »