Diagnostics - news, views, blogs

A diagnostic test is any kind of medical test performed to aid in the diagnosis or detection of disease. For example: to diagnose diseases to measure the progress or recovery from disease...

SERAPHIN study

SERAPHIN - STUDY WITH ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST IN PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION TO IMPROVE CLINICAL OUTCOME. SERAPHIN (Study with an Endothelin Rece...

Bioethics - news, views and reports

Bioethics is the study of controversial ethics brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sci...

Bioscience - news, views, reports and blogs

Bioscience - any of the sciences that deal with living organisms.  The study of the nature, behavior, and uses of living organisms as applied to biology. Any of the branches of natural scienc...

Spirometry Test

The gold standard in lung testing In the same way that blood pressure measurements provide a simple yet effective screening method for cardiovascular disease, spirometry tests can help to unmask t...

Dr. Richard Pott to retire effective June 1, 2013

Dr. Richard Pott to retire effective June 1, 2013

Study: Brain disease deaths high in NFL veterans

A study of former NFL players finds they were unusually prone to dying from degenerative brain disease, the latest indication that repeated blows to the head may cause serious trouble later on.The de...

Data from Sequenta’s LymphoSIGHTTM Platform for the Detection of Minimal Residual Disease Presented at the European Hematology Association Meeting

Sequenta, Inc. announced today that data demonstrating the power of its DNA sequencing-based LymphoSIGHTTM platform for the detection of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) was present...

Relationship Discovered Between Sleep Apnea And Alzheimer's Disease

A new study looking at sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and neuroimaging adds to the growing body of research linking the two...

NIH-supported Alzheimer's studies to focus on innovative treatments

With new research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the nation's premier Alzheimer's disease study network will undertake four major studies aimed at finding new treatments for the disea...

Retinal Disease: Advances in Treatment

Drs. Roger Steinert and Barry Kuppermann review the latest study results in retinal disease as presented during ARVO 2012. How will they translate into clinical practice? Medscape Ophthalmology

NIH-supported Alzheimer's studies to focus on innovative treatments

With new research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the nation's premier Alzheimer's disease study network will undertake four major studies aimed at finding new treatments for the disea...

Scientists identify early predictors of disease progression which could speed Huntington's disease drug trials

Scientists have identified a set of tests that could help identify whether and how Huntington's disease (HD) is progressing in groups of people who are not yet showing symptoms. The latest findings fr...

Pott's Puffy Tumor: a Forgotten Complication of Sinusitis.

Pott's puffy tumor is a rare entity characterized by a swelling of the scalp due to a subperiosteal abscess associated to osteomyelitis in the frontal bone. It is often associated with a complication...

Epidemiology of tuberculosis in WHO European Region and public health response.

PURPOSE: To provide an overview of the tuberculosis (TB) and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the WHO European Region and evolution of public health response with focus on extra-pulmonary...

Haemophilus paraphrophilus Peritonitis Followed by Tuberculous Peritonitis and Pott's Disease.

Patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who have ascites have a high risk of developing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). The authors report a case of SBP caused by Haemophilus paraphrophilus, the fi...

Late onset Pott's paraplegia in patients with upper thoracic sharp kyphosis.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical results of patients with late onset upper thoracic sharp Pott's kyphosis and to predict the prognosis for Pott's paraplegics. METHOD: T...

Tuberculous encephalitis, Landouzy sepsis and Pott's disease : Complications after surgery for spinal stenosis.

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease with a decreasing incidence in Germany. In particular, the occurrence of reinfections and possible complications associated with this disease, such as tuberculous...