by Elsevier Hemoglobin α (magenta) in mouse hair follicles during the growth phase of hair cycles. Credit: Umi Tahara, Takeshi Matsui, Keitaro Fukuda, and Masayuki AmagaiResearchers have shown for the first time that hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells where it binds oxygen, is also present in the epidermis, our skin’s outermost body...
by Emerson Dameron, University of California – San Diego A photoacoustic sensor capable of monitoring hemoglobin deep below the skin could help clinicians diagnose tumors, organ malfunctions and more. Credit: Xiaoxiang Gao for the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed...
The preferred way to screen for diabetes is with an A1C test. It’s easily done with a fingerstick in your doctor’s office and doesn’t require you to fast (not eat) prior to the test. In ideal situations, if your results from two consecutive tests are both 6.5% or higher, then your doctor can confirm that...
Sharon Orrange, MD, MPHDr. Orrange is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Geriatric, Hospitalist and General Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.Posted on July 2, 2020 The preferred way to screen for diabetes is with an A1C test. It’s easily done with a fingerstick in your doctor’s...
By Michael Irving June 03, 2020 Researchers have created synthetic red blood cells (RBCs) that have all of the useful properties of the real thing, plus a few new tricks. These new cells could be put to work carrying oxygen or drugs through the body, sensing toxins, and other tasks. It goes without saying that...
Anemia is properly diagnosed using a blood test that measures hemoglobin, but simply looking behind a patient’s eyelid can be a pretty good alternative if you know how red the tissue is supposed to be. Now, a team at Purdue University has developed a technology that lets a clinician use smartphone pictures of the inner...
WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a way to use smartphone images of a person’s eyelids to assess blood hemoglobin levels. The ability to perform one of the most common clinical lab tests without a blood draw could help reduce the need for in-person clinic visits, make it easier to monitor patients who are in critical...
by Adam M. Brufsky, The Conversation Sugar is not only something that sweetens our food. It is also something that is an essential part of the proteins that make up our bodies. That led me to believe, as I wrote in the Journal of Medical Virology, that control of blood glucose by diet and exercise,...
The drug was approved for patients with TGCT with severe morbidity or functional limitations that has not improved with surgery. Turalio is only available through the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program. Approval was based on data from a multicenter international clinical trial of 120 patients. After 25 weeks, patients who received Turalio had a...
By Tim Newman Fact checked by Jasmin Collier A recent study has concluded that people with both higher-than-normal and lower-than-normal levels of hemoglobin have a higher risk of developing dementia as they age. Hemoglobin is a protein present in red blood cells. It is responsible for carrying life giving oxygen from the lungs to the...
