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Diagnosis: is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most often referred to as diagnosis with the medical context being implicit.
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OCT 14, 2016Cardiology
With the prick of a finger, diabetics can easily test their blood-glucose levels, and now scientists are calling for the ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new test may detect the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob ...OCT 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mammograms are among the top routine procedures that make women cringe the most. For sure, it’s an important tool ...OCT 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s no fairy tale – Rapunzel Syndrome led to one 38-year-old woman hospitalized for severe gastrointestinal ...OCT 05, 2016Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found a critical link between all types of Parkinson’s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2016Neuroscience
The staggering numbers of autism cases are no surprise to most, but what some might not realize is how those numbers bre ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
“Come in, Mr. Smith. The computer is ready for your diagnosis now.” This could conceivably be in store for b ...SEP 26, 2016Cancer
Everyone knows sleep is important. Getting a good night’s sleep resets your brain, allows for efficient cell repai ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 26, 2016Cancer
A new microfluidic chip can pick out any cancer cell of choice obtained from liquid biopsy to perform single cell analys ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 21, 2016Cancer
Cancer biologists have a surprising but wholly vested ally in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA ...SEP 21, 2016Neuroscience
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a big deal, for the patient and also for family members who now have to ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 16, 2016Videos
Worldwide, deaths from ovarian cancer are down. In the US the rate fell 16% between 2002-2012. In the UK deaths from the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 06, 2016Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a mysterious disease that’s challenging to treat but even more complicated to diagnose ...AUG 31, 2016Cardiology
Amyloid buildup can cause heart failure, and a new imaging technique can both diagnose and prognose the condition. In th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U ...AUG 24, 2016Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These di ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Summer is prime time for activities on the river. But a swim in the river turned into a life-threatening event for a Flo ...AUG 22, 2016Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh ...AUG 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
University College London scientists reported a potential new method of detecting Parkinson’s disease with a retin ...AUG 18, 2016Cancer
Faced with low nutrients and starvation, pancreatic cancer doesn’t back down. In fact, scientists have found that ...AUG 11, 2016Cancer
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B ...AUG 10, 2016Cancer
When it comes to some cancer types, more testing may not always pay off. It may, in fact, waste millions of dollars that ...
OCT 14, 2016
Cardiology
With the prick of a finger, diabetics can easily test their blood-glucose levels, and now scientists are calling for the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new test may detect the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob
...
OCT 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mammograms are among the top routine procedures that make women cringe the most. For sure, it’s an important tool
...
OCT 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s no fairy tale – Rapunzel Syndrome led to one 38-year-old woman hospitalized for severe gastrointestinal
...
OCT 05, 2016
Microbiology
Microorganisms frequently attach to a surface and begin to grow into a colony called a biofilm in which cells stick to e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found a critical link between all types of Parkinson’s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2016
Neuroscience
The staggering numbers of autism cases are no surprise to most, but what some might not realize is how those numbers bre
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
“Come in, Mr. Smith. The computer is ready for your diagnosis now.” This could conceivably be in store for b
...
SEP 26, 2016
Cancer
Everyone knows sleep is important. Getting a good night’s sleep resets your brain, allows for efficient cell repai
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 26, 2016
Cancer
A new microfluidic chip can pick out any cancer cell of choice obtained from liquid biopsy to perform single cell analys
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 21, 2016
Cancer
Cancer biologists have a surprising but wholly vested ally in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NA
...
SEP 21, 2016
Neuroscience
A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a big deal, for the patient and also for family members who now have to
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 16, 2016
Videos
Worldwide, deaths from ovarian cancer are down. In the US the rate fell 16% between 2002-2012. In the UK deaths from the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 06, 2016
Immunology
There’s no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and the disease gets irreversibly worse as it progresses.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a mysterious disease that’s challenging to treat but even more complicated to diagnose
...
AUG 31, 2016
Cardiology
Amyloid buildup can cause heart failure, and a new imaging technique can both diagnose and prognose the condition. In th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U
...
AUG 24, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These di
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Summer is prime time for activities on the river. But a swim in the river turned into a life-threatening event for a Flo
...
AUG 22, 2016
Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh
...
AUG 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
University College London scientists reported a potential new method of detecting Parkinson’s disease with a retin
...
AUG 18, 2016
Cancer
Faced with low nutrients and starvation, pancreatic cancer doesn’t back down. In fact, scientists have found that
...
AUG 11, 2016
Cancer
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B
...
AUG 10, 2016
Cancer
When it comes to some cancer types, more testing may not always pay off. It may, in fact, waste millions of dollars that
...