by Rush University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain If you woke up one morning and found you couldn’t see out of one eye, odds are you’d call the eye doctor immediately—or even go to the emergency room. But we don’t tend to treat sudden hearing loss in one or both ears with the same sense...
by Regenstrief Institute Developing automated computer algorithms to generate three patient cohorts. Credit: Diagnostics (2023). DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics13061028 Periodontal disease is a growing public health issue in the United States as the nation’s population ages, yet it’s underdiagnosed and undertreated. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 47% of adults aged 30 years and older...
by Lancet Immunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease. Credit: Wikipedia A technique that identifies the build-up of abnormal protein deposits linked to Parkinson’s disease could aid in early detection and play a key role in the disease’s clinical diagnosis and characterization, according to research published in The...
by Pohang University of Science and Technology Graphical abstract. Credit: Theranostics (2023). DOI: 10.7150/thno.79282 Cancer is no longer incurable. Nevertheless, according to data released by Statistics Korea last year, cancer remained the primary cause of mortality in Korea in 2021. This highlights the ongoing struggle against cancer, which demands effective prevention measures as well as timely diagnosis...
