POSTED BY ASHER JONES-U. PITTSBURGH A new smartphone app which uses artificial intelligence to accurately diagnose ear infections, or acute otitis media, could help decrease unnecessary antibiotic use in young children, according to new research. Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common childhood infections for which antibiotics are prescribed but can be difficult...
by University of Rovira i Virgili Low-molecular-weight fraction (LMF) blood sample preparation for SERS analysis. Credit: Biomedicines (2024). DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12010133A research team from the University of Rovira i Virgili, University of Ohio and the University of Texas has developed an innovative method that allows fibromyalgia to be reliably diagnosed from a blood sample. Identifying this disease...
by NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA research project supported by the National Institutes of Health has developed a tool to rapidly and inexpensively diagnose sarcoidosis, a chronic inflammatory disease marked by the growth of tiny lumps called granulomas in the lungs and other organs in the body. The tool, which uses...
NIH-funded tool can accurately identify the potentially life-threatening inflammatory diseasePeer-Reviewed Publication NIH/NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE Scientists develop a simple blood test to quickly diagnose sarcoidosis NIH-funded tool can accurately identify the potentially life-threatening inflammatory disease A research project supported by the National Institutes of Health has developed a tool to rapidly and inexpensively...
Lucy Hicks A new diagnostic tool can effectively discriminate different rheumatologic conditions and could potentially aid in the diagnosis of early inflammatory arthritis. The algorithm — called Genetic Probability tool (G-PROB) — uses genetic information to calculate the probability of certain diseases. “At such an early stage of disease, it’s not always easy to determine...
The results of a large-scale screening study could be used to develop blood tests to diagnose diseases such as Alzheimer’s before symptoms take hold. By Miryam Naddaf Coloured CT scan of a coronal section through the brain of a patient with Alzheimer’s disease.A computed-tomography scan of a brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease, the most common...
by Dennis Thompson Age-related macular degeneration can lead to vision loss in seniors, but new therapies have offered fresh hope for preserving eyesight later in life, eye experts say. These cutting-edge therapies benefit both the dry and wet types of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), says the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS). Eleven million people...
POSTED BY GINA DIGRAVIO-BOSTON A new discovery brings researchers one step closer to diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy in living patients, rather than after death. Years of research have shown that athletes who play high-contact sports—like tackle football and soccer—and endure frequent hits to the head risk developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease. It’s not...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared NM-101 (Terran Biosciences), a cloud-based software platform to analyze neuromelanin-sensitive MRI scans, which could aid in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. Research has suggested that neuromelanin is a potential biomarker for neurologic disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). A recent meta-analysis of 12 neuromelanin MRI studies...
Using groundbreaking CRISPR technology, a team of Danish researchers has activated genes in easily accessible cells, which could revolutionize the understanding and diagnosis of genetic diseases. Peer-Reviewed Publication AARHUS UNIVERSITY There are over 7,000 different rare genetic diseases, and often it can be a significant challenge and take a long time to receive a correct...
