by University of Western Australia A new study led by The University of Western Australia has identified 11 recommendations to help health professionals and patients better manage musculoskeletal problems. The study comes after the team found many musculoskeletalproblems were not being managed effectively. Musculoskeletal conditions – including back and neck pain, osteoarthritis and shoulder pain – affect nearly 7 million Australians with around one in five visits to the doctor due...
Tag: <span>Diagnostic</span>
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Introducing gun safety into health care providers’ checklists to prevent teen suicide
AMHERST, Mass. – In a recent study exploring the feasibility of introducing gun safety discussions and interventions into routine health care settings, investigators suggest that there is some support for promoting firearm safety in pediatric primary care as a universal suicide prevention strategy for adolescents. IMAGE: JOHN ZEBER, A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHER AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE...
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New Faster, Cheaper, Better Test Platform for Nucleic Acid Identification of Diseases
At the National University of Singapore, scientists have developed a portable, point-of-care nucleic acid test platform that can be used to diagnose a variety of diseases. It comes in the form of a cartridge that does not need to be kept refrigerated or handled specially in any other way and once used it provides results...
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New blood test that can tell if someone is having a heart attack is faster than ever and 100% accurate, reveals US study
The new test used can diagnose a heart attack faster than ever and is 100% accurate Measures troponins proteins released by damaged heart cells during an attack In typically healthy people, troponin levels are low enough to be undetectable The breakthrough means doctors are able to diagnose and treat patients sooner A simple blood test...
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Diagnostic device uses smartphone to check almost 100 samples at once
Smartphone-based diagnostic devices allow doctors in resource-poor regions to perform tests that would otherwise involve sending samples off to a distant lab. Most such devices, however, can only analyze individual samples. By contrast, a new one can check 96 samples for diseases, all at one time. Known as the mReader, the portable device was designed by...
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Facial-recognition software finds a new use: diagnosing genetic disorders
Dr. Maximilian Muenke has a superpower: He can diagnose disease just by looking at a person’s face. Specifically, he can spot certain genetic disorders that make telltale impressions on facial features. “Once you’ve done it for a certain amount of years, you walk into a room and it’s like, oh, that child has Williams syndrome,”...