IVF Patients Say a Test Caused Them to Discard Embryos. Now They’re Suing
Their fertility doctor recommended a test that sounded like exactly what they needed. It promised to help Petersen, then 42, ...
New test distinguishes between prion disease and other causes of rapidly progressive dementia
Mayo Clinic launched a new prion test, RT-QuIC Prion, CSF, which can distinguish prion disease from other causes of rapidly ...
Rapid gene test can aid brain cancer surgery, researchers say
A rapid experimental genetic test can help guide the hands of surgeons as they delicately remove tumors from patients with ...
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Blood test can help diagnose, track ALS patients, French study indicates
A blood test can help doctors detect ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and predict how the degenerative disease will ...
Colorectal cancer patients are ‘getting younger,’ warns surgeon — people are ‘too embarrassed’ about these 2 issues
Dr. Mark Soliman has noticed a terrifying rise in younger patients getting diagnosed with colorectal cancer.. He is pleading ...
Patients have sense of smell restored thanks to surgery to treat long Covid
All patients taking part in the research had an impaired sense of smell for longer than two years. People who lost their ...
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FDA Makes Access to Clozapine Easier for Patients With Schizophrenia
The FDA has eliminated the need for pharmacists to verify a patient's white blood cell count before dispensing the antipsychotic medication clozapine.
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A Simple Blood Test Called PAC-MANN Could Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early and Save Thousands of Lives
A new study from researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) proposes a test called PAC-MANN, which could ...
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Can’t Exercise for a Cardiac Stress Test? That’s a Bad Sign
A patient who, despite risk factors or comorbidities, can get on a treadmill faces low mortality risk. But the reverse is ...
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CPD: Managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms – beyond investigations
In the second of our two-part CPD series, GP partner and educator Dr Ed Pooley discusses how to provide ongoing support for ...
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Rapid Gene Test Aids Brain Cancer Surgery
A rapid experimental genetic test can help guide the hands of surgeons as they delicately remove tumors from patien ...
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Enhancing Patient Care in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: Strategies for Addressing Unmet Needs and Optimizing Treatment Approaches
Progressive pulmonary fibrosis is not a diagnosis so much as a disease behavior and a clinical phenotype, says Anna-Maria ...