Immune system response to viral DNA is unique
...is well established that such a pathway exists for detection of viral RNA inside infected cells," Stetson said. "In contrast, very little is known about whether cells can detect foreign intracellular DNA or how this system might function." Stetson and Ruslan Medshitov, professor of immunobiology, a Howard Hug...International breast health guidelines
...s. For example, in the area of breast-cancer early detection and access to care, the Guidelines suggest that countries with very basic health systems should educate women about performing breast self-examination to detect lumps. For countries with more but still-limited resources, the Guidelines recommend targ...Improved diagnostic technology for Crohn's disease
...ntional enteroclysis, with no disadvantages in the detection of minimal mucosal changes (a sign of early stage ...o the bowel wall," said Dr. Sailer. "We use it for detection of bowel wall pathologies such as tumors and inflammatory changes, especially in patients with infla...Australian of the Year award to Ian Frazer salutes important win in the war against cancer
...er, it will be through a wide range of prevention, detection and treatment measures that target its many varied and complex forms," she said. "By developing a vaccine against a cancer that claims so many lives, many of them women in developing countries who are integral to the wellbeing of their communities, P...Who's the liar? Brain MRI stands up to polygraph test
...aph test and produce a new method of objective lie detection that can be used reliably in a courtroom or other ... largest implications for a credible method of lie detection are in the field of crime investigation and prevention, and in the judicial determination of the gui...Jan/Feb Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... viewpoints. Primary care practices can improve detection of undiagnosed diabetes and improve one-year outcomes by being vigilant in detecting symptoms of diabetes, by evaluating those at high risk for this disorder and by instituting appropriate treatments at the time of diagnosis. The researchers found t...Mathematics and statistics combat epidemics & bioterror
...puterized medical information for disease outbreak detection and surveillance. The MIDAS research team will det...fects; model building, which includes implementing detection models that will generate signals when potential outbreaks occur; and model evaluation, which uses h...Soaring UK rates of Chlamydia infection partly caused by more sensitive tests
...sed on 11 years of monitoring test results for the detection of Chlamydia at one Scottish health board. More than 81,000 test results were obtained between 1992 and 2003. But after 1998, tests were switched from cultures to the more sensitive nucleic acid amplification testing, or NAAT as it is known. Using th...Doctors need to be able to recognise smallpox
...gencies have drawn up plans to help with the early detection of and response to a smallpox outbreak, should the disease be reintroduced. However, these plans rely on physicians' ability to recognise the clinical features of smallpox and to distinguish it from other illnesses," he adds. Many rash illnesses cou...High-risk black men are screened less for prostate cancer
...Nursing. "They have a long history of research for detection of cancer among older African-American men."...Unique vascular dysfunction in women's heart disease described in major journal supplement
...her, because women's ischemic disease often evades detection through traditional diagnostic techniques that are...examinations and coronary calcification tests (for detection of atherosclerosis)....New faster screening test for MRSA
...Isolating infected patients immediately after MRSA detection substantially decreased MRSA infections in the medical ICU but not in the surgical ICU. In the surgical ICU, qMRSA spared 245 MRSA-negative patients a total of 1,227 unnecessary days in isolation....Radiologic signs more than double sensitivity of MRIs
...ospective characterization and sensitivity for the detection of radial tears from 37% to 89%," said Dr. Harper. "We feel that by using the four signs, most radiologists who interpret knee MRIs should have a high degree of success of prospectively identifying radial meniscal tears," said Dr. Harper. "Since usin...Boston University and Boston Medical Center partner with CIMIT
...engineer researchers have developed techniques for detection and prevention of epileptic seizures. Heart attacks Advanced imaging techniques are helping to identify the atherosclerotic plaques that cause heart attacks. Hypertension and congestive heart failure A Connected Health initiative is working to ...Stanford researcher says new data confirms they help women avoid hip fractures
...prevent colorectal cancer, the importance of early detection through regular screenings should be emphasized for both women and men from age 50 onward," Stefanick said. The calcium/Vitamin D study is the last of three WHI randomized clinical trials to be published. A previous trial on hormone therapy showed th...Study shows MRI can detect breast disease missed by mammography
...onance imaging (MRI) is extremely sensitive in the detection of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). DCIS, or early stage breast carcinoma, is a pre-invasive malignancy and MRI may help identify this type of disease, which may not be visible on a mammogram. This study is published in The Breast Journal. The stud...Doctors develop new measures for bone disease
...vent or mitigate the onset of this diesease, early detection is critical." "I would like everyone over 50 to know that height loss can relate to vertebral fractures, and if you've lost six centimeters or more you should go to your doctor and check it out," he added. Siminoski and his research team published th...Pregnancy, not high-risk behavior, predictor of STD testing among newly homeless youth
...ome like HIV," Solorio said. "They need timely STD detection and treatment, and what the study shows is that the kids who are at highest risk are not getting tested." The researchers surveyed 261 homeless youth who were aged 12 to 20, had been away from home at least two nights but less than six months and, if...MRI offers new hope for severe epilepsy sufferers
...y, used new automated techniques for improving the detection of brain lesions that had been overlooked by conventional radiological inspection. "The advanced methods we propose could reduce the complexity and cost of pre-surgical evaluation, and improve our understanding of the cause of epilepsy," said Dr. Be......and the effect has persisted. The study says that detection and deterrence of increased speeds would substantially reduce the toll from drinking under influence of alcohol in the US (some 17,000 deaths per year), which itself leads to driving at higher speeds. . If the United States would have implemented th...