Recent research suggests that obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure increase teenagers' risk of premature aging of blood vessels (before age 55 for males and before age 65 for females). Teenagers with any of these three health problems are more likely to develop thicker, stiffer blood ...
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Diagnostic testing key for better classifying and managing the full spectrum of disease. Diagnostic testing could be the linchpin for developing precision prevention, therapeutics, treatments, and prognostics in diabetes, according to an international consensus report. Precision diagnostics in type ...
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Diagnostic testing could be the linchpin for developing precision prevention, therapeutics, treatments, and prognostics in diabetes, according to an international consensus report. Precision diagnostics in type 1 and type 2 diabetes has made a great deal of progress, “but at this stage it remains ...
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LABORATORIANS CAN LEAD A NEW ERA IN RAPID TESTING WITH EXPERTISE IN QUALITY CONTROL AND RESULT INTERPRETATION For those outside of the infectious diseases field, clinical microbiology might conjure an image of microbiologists manipulating petri plates full of bacteria. Although microbiologists still ...
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Rapid results alone not enough to justify devices’ use in emergency settings; higher analytical sensitivity needed to rule out hospitalizations. Simply returning rapid results is not sufficient for implementing point-of-care testing (POCT) for cardiac biomarkers. A review article stresses the need ...
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Emerging evidence suggests neurofilament light chain (NfL) might be important in predicting progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). A study in Neurology reported that MS patients with elevated levels of this nerve protein biomarker were 40% to 70% more likely than those with low levels of NfL to ...
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Diagnostics based on cfDNA could make tissue biopsy obsolete Costly and invasive tissue biopsies to detect allograft rejection after transplantation have numerous limitations. Assays based on cell-free DNA (cfDNA)—circulating fragments of DNA released from cells, tissues, and organs as they undergo ...
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Data paired with education, communication, and relationship-building drive success Controlled substance monitoring and other drug testing give clinicians valuable information about how patients adhere to treatment regimens or might be misusing or even abusing drugs. But keeping up with a continually ...
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Protocol combining hs-cTn measurements, modified HEART score enabled earlier discharge of suspected acute coronary syndrome cases without affecting patients' safety. An approach that combines multiple high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) tests with a modified HEART score shows promise in ...
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All adults age 18 and older should be screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection at least once in their lifetime, while women should be screened during every pregnancy, say new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations. These latest recommendations, published on April ...
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