FDA Takes Control of Clinical Laboratory Tests to Boost Accuracy and Safety
Every year, millions of medical decisions are made based on lab test results. These results help diagnose diseases and...
Beyond the Physician’s Chamber: Celebrating The Detectives Behind Your Diagnosis
Have you ever wondered how a group of specialists minutely assesses medical samples to generate crucial insights regarding your...
Epilepsy Diagnosis and Suicidality: A Call for Early Intervention with Lithium
She was covered by her lightweight, tan blanket staring out the window of her shared room. She answered a...
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The HD-550 video endoscopy system from SonoScape has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration The FDA...
FDA approves first disease-modifying therapy for a rare blood disorder
Pyruvate kinase deficiency is a rare genetic disease in which an enzyme used by red blood cells is present...
Drunken monkey hypothesis: Sheds light on human’s inherited love for alcohol
Scientists examined the ethanol concentration of a fruit consumed by spider monkeys in Panama and discovered that the fruit...
Technique for changing the blood type of donor lungs could save lives
Patients in need of a lung transplant often wait months or years to find an available organ. One of...
Proton MR Spectroscopy, a new MRI method, may aid in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological illness in young adults worldwide. MS may strike at any...
Alcohol: A direct carcinogen impairing DNA repair
Alcohol causes cancer directly, according to new evidence from a large-scale genetic study led by Oxford Population Health. A...
To know what you know and what you do not know: Case studies of illnesses with mystifying presentations
Rare diseases with mystifying presentations are sometimes seen in some of the patients’ cases. An ailment is classed as...