Study shows promise in identifying kidney failure
...re, little has changed in the last four decades to diagnose kidney failure early enough before it progresses into a chronic or deadly condition," according to Prasad Devarajan, M.D., director of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and principal investig...New marker for early diagnosis of kidney failure identified
...y, doctors use a marker called serum creatinine to diagnose kidney failure. Prasad Devarajan (Cincinnati Child...ver, testing for high concentrations of NGAL could diagnose kidney failure in two hours. Professor Devarajan concludes: "Effective therapeutic measures for kid...HIV testing should be routine part of primary health care for sexually active
...astonishing that opportunities have been missed to diagnose the patient previously. Either the physician or t... study authors. "We are missing opportunities to diagnose HIV infection before individuals develop AIDS, when we can offer counseling about secondary preventi...Novel therapy tested in mice could chase away cat allergies
...ID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria and illness from potential agents of bioterrorism. NIAID also supports research on transplantation and immune-related illnesses...Benefits of lung cancer screening with CT questioned
...nign," Dr. Swensen said. Surgical intervention to diagnose these nodules is expensive and may impact quality of life and mortality. According to Dr. Swensen, a small percentage of patients will have chronic pain as a result of surgery, and the average mortality rate from lung cancer surgery ranges from 3 to ...Specific test key to determine whether or not allergy symptoms are really allergy-related
...t." Family doctors need a better way to accurately diagnose allergic rhinitis, as the symptoms are often similar to those found in asthma and rhinosinusitis, a condition where the sinuses and nasal passages become swollen and inflamed. But the treatment for each disorder is different "The specific IgE blood t...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...ot a cure. At present, there is no definite way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease prior to death; only a diagnos...eta amyloid levels could lead to a test that could diagnose Alzheimer's in living people, Good says. The National Institutes of Health funded this study. In add...Research suggests possible blood test for multiple sclerosis
...gues suggests that one day, doctors may be able to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) with a simple blood test. ..."In some patients, it is difficult to conclusively diagnose MS," said Jagannadha Avasarala, M.D., Ph.D., lead researcher, who completed the study while at Wake ...Common anesthetics appear safe for developing fetal brain
...and they can be especially difficult to accurately diagnose in pregnant women, since many of the symptoms of these disorders are similar to those of pregnancy. Reynolds said that the laboratory's future investigations will focus on determining the upper limits of anesthetic exposure, as well as developing a b...Pet scanning better for heart disease diagnosis, management
...r than other types of imaging as the first tool to diagnose heart-vessel blockages is more accurate, less invasive and saves dollars, a study by University at Buffalo researchers has shown. The research findings were presented today (March 8, 2005) at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Ses...Patient knows best when it comes to ulcerative colitis, U-M study finds
...ne at UMHS: "While endoscopy is still necessary to diagnose ulcerative colitis and to evaluate a patient for early signs of cancer, patients may be more willing to participate in clinical trials of new treatments if there are not so many colonoscopies involved." Although the study favors the use of noninvasiv...New imaging technologies can enhance orthopaedic outcomes
...ing technologies are enabling doctors to not only diagnose a variety of orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions with more accuracy, but also to determine with unprecedented precision whether clinical recovery from bone, joint or tendon damage is actually complete and not simply a "placebo effect." Radiol...New device will help stroke victims' recovery
...stroke victims. The device, known as Alladin, will diagnose the precise state of a victim from the time of the attack throughout their recovery, enabling medical staff to determine the correct treatment at each stage. There are some 920,000 new stroke victims in the European Union every year. In addition to t...USC dental researchers develop first test for predicting cavities in children
...ute for proper dental care. "This is not a test to diagnose caries. This is a test that can be used to evaluate susceptibility and risk," she said. "If we can identify those people that are at risk and put in place preventive measures, it is going to prevent them from suffering." The physical and financial bu...Another look finds promising proteomics test is not biologically plausible
...ing 18 peaks (or unidentified proteins) that could diagnose ovarian cancer across two of these data sets. The M. D. Anderson researchers examined the quality of the data sets and concluded that this systematic protein pattern "is biologically implausible." Baggerly explains that discriminatory peaks appear to...Test could improve detection of prion disease in humans
...living tissue, like blood or muscle, to detect and diagnose prion diseases, such as CJD or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, mad cow disease) while people or animals are still alive. "This research not only is an important advance for the detection and diagnosis of prion diseases, but, with the identifi...UT Southwestern doctors track Oklahoma Alzheimer's patients via telemedicine
...octors visit Talihina, Okla., four times a year to diagnose any new cases of Alzheimer's-related memory loss or other types of dementia within the Choctaw community. Dr. Weiner first used the satellite link in January to see patients. The health-care connection is made using equipment in Dallas linked to sate...Dedicated hospital stroke centers improve quality of acute care
...oke response system in place to quickly recognize, diagnose and provide therapy to patients who suffer stroke. As a result, only 2 percent to 3 percent of eligible patients receive the approved clot-busting therapy, called tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). In the first study, Toby Gropen, M.D., chairman o...Suffering from fatigue, abdominal discomfort or bloody diarrhea?
...ne at UMHS: "While endoscopy is still necessary to diagnose ulcerative colitis and to evaluate a patient for early signs of cancer, patients may be more willing to participate in clinical trials of new treatments if there are not so many colonoscopies involved."...NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 1 Physicians should diagnose and provide referrals for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) earlier in women, the American Heart Association recommends in a statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. This statement was presented today at ...