» Infections from these bacteria are on the rise: New blood test cuts diagnosis time from months to hours
14/03/24 21:14 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Researchers have designed a platform to perform blood-based diagnoses of nontuberculosis mycobacteria, simplifying and shortening a long-complicated procedure from 6 months to 2 hours. Rapid, accurate diagnosis has never been more import...

» Age and sex associated with patient's likelihood of antimicrobial resistance
14/03/24 18:53 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
A person's age, sex and location are correlated with the chance that they have a bloodstream infection that is resistant to antibiotics, according to a new study.

» Common viruses trigger most cases of intussusception in children
14/03/24 16:21 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according to a new study.

» Lives could be saved from tropical disease with new rapid test
14/03/24 01:02 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
A new test diagnoses patients with melioidosis within hours, rather than days, meaning they can receive the correct antibiotics faster.

» Revolutionary chronic wound treatment could help millions
14/03/24 01:02 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
An effective treatment for chronic wounds that does not involve antibiotics, but an ionised gas to activate a wound dressing, has been developed by a team of international scientists.

» Good news: The US maternal death rate is stable, not sky rocketing, as reported
13/03/24 17:55 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
A new study challenges the prevailing view on the maternal death rate in the United States. The findings show that the rates of maternal death were stable between 1999-2002 and 2018-2021, instead of the dramatic upward trends previously ...

» Hope for treating sleep disorders, no pills required
13/03/24 17:55 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Are sleeping pills the only solution for insomnia? Not according to a researcher who says that using self-guided digital behavioral therapy is an alternative solution that should be considered.

» Artificial intelligence detects heart defects in newborns
13/03/24 17:55 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Researchers from ETH Zurich and KUNO Klinik St. Hedwig in Regensburg have developed an algorithm that provides an automatic and reliable method of detecting a certain heart defect in newborns. Researchers from ETH Zurich and KUNO Klinik ...

» 'Dual-Target' cell therapy appears to shrink brain tumors, research finds
13/03/24 17:55 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Targeting two brain tumor-associated proteins -- rather than one -- with CAR T cell therapy shows promise as a strategy for reducing solid tumor growth in patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer, ac...

» It's in the blood: Donor diets can trigger allergic reactions in blood recipients, study finds
13/03/24 17:54 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Allergic transfusion reactions (ATRs), a potentially life-threatening side effect of blood transfusions with unclear mechanisms, may be linked to food allergies in pediatric patients as per a recent study by scientists from Japan. They f...

» A sprayable gel could make minimally invasive surgeries simpler and safer
12/03/24 17:39 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
The new GastroShield gel can be sprayed through an endoscope after polyps are removed during colonoscopy, protecting the gut and helping prevent complications from weakened gastrointestinal tissues.

» Would the highly sensitive transparent ultrasound transducer revolutionize biomedical imaging technology?
11/03/24 18:59 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
A team develops an ultrasensitive broadband transparent ultrasound transducer.

» Researchers uncover protein responsible for cold sensation
11/03/24 18:59 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Researchers have identified the protein that enables mammals to sense cold, filling a long-standing knowledge gap in the field of sensory biology.

» AI may predict spread of lung cancer to brain
11/03/24 18:58 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Scientists trained a machine-learning algorithm to predict accurately brain metastasis using biopsy samples from early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients. It was also highly accurate in predicting those patients who do not develop...

» Wearable tech captures real-time hemodynamics on the go
11/03/24 18:58 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Researchers have developed a photoacoustic imaging watch for high-resolution imaging of blood vessels in the skin. The wearable device could offer a non-invasive way to monitor hemodynamic indicators such as heart rate, blood pressure an...

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