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Vitamin D deficiency may cause cognitive decline
Vitamin D deficiency may weaken supportive scaffolding in the brain thus causing neurons difficulty in maintaining connections, according to a study recently published in the...
New research shows that heavy smoking can damage vision
Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage your vision, according to a new paper published in Psychiatry Research.
Electronic tool has potential to improve asthma care, study finds
A new electronic decision support tool for managing asthma has the potential to improve the quality of asthma care in primary care settings, as the result of a new study led by...
Researchers develop new non-invasive imaging technique to assess cardiovascular risk
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a non-invasive technique for imaging the carotid artery, which could provide an earlier ad more reliable measurement of cardiovascular...
Australia’s My Health Record gets support from Ethnic Communities
Australia’s My Health Record has come under a large amount of criticism during a launch period that has been marred by a row over privacy
New low-cost test for oesophageal cancer
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have created a test known as the EsophaCap, which could provide a simple and inexpensive screening method...
Difficile measures
A missed diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection can cost a hospital tens of thousands of dollars, Dr Glen Hansen, associate professor at the University of Minnesota, tells...
Reducing radiation dose for paediatric CT
Radiation dose, always a concern in CT, is particularly risky for children. Luckily, there is a new way to reduce the dose without adversely affecting image quality, according to a...
Fluorescent dyes 'light up' brain cancer cells
New fluorescent dyes attracted to cancer cells may revolutionise the way in which brain tumours are diagnosed and treated. Agents known as CLR1501 and CLR1502 have been shown to able...
NICE unveils guidelines to improve asthma diagnosis accuracy
A draft guideline released by NICE suggests spirometry should be used as ‘the first-line investigation’ for diagnosing asthma in adults over 16 and children over 5 years old.More...
First liquid-biopsy lung cancer companion diagnostic registered
The CE-IVD marking of a new liquid biopsy-based companion diagnostic, that has demonstrated clinical utility for guiding treatment decisions in patients with solid tumours, has...
New nanoparticles perform MRI and fluorescent imaging
IT chemists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US have developed new nanoparticles that can simultaneously perform magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescent imaging...
Lasers and sound waves offer skin cancer breakthrough
A handheld device that that may change the way doctors treat and diagnose melanoma is ready for clinical trials. Researchers from Washington University in St Louis have been able...
DNA analysis tool speeds up cancer diagnosis
A newly developed nanoscale imaging tool will enable researchers examine large genomes at single-molecule resolutions in order to detect traces of cancer and other diseases.
Nanoparticle boost for cancer diagnosis
Self-assembling nanoparticles developed by researchers at Imperial College London could help doctors diagnose cancer earlier. A special protein coating increases the effectiveness...
Anti-cancer drug tracks its own success in tackling tumours
Asian scientists have developed an anti-cancer drug able to demonstrate its own efficacy.A team led by Bin Liu from the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering...
Sight and smell test hope for early Alzheimer’s detection
Changes in the way the eyes and nose work might indicate the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the results of four trials published in July. Decreased ability to identify...
Noninvasive imaging analysis promises better cancer patient care
Lung cancer patients could receive more precise treatment, and their progress could be better tracked, using new non-invasive medical imaging analysis techniques, according to a...
MRI-guided laser procedure may offer alternative to epilepsy surgery
A minimally invasive laser procedure performed under MRI guidance could provide an effective alternative to surgery for patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) that can't...