Giving voice to patients with Parkinson ’s
When people with Parkinson ’s disease get a consultation with Kara Simon-Kuhn, they are not seeking support for mobility issues or tremors as one may think. Simon-Kuhn, a speech therapist and certified speech language pathologist with Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation Huntersville, treats an often-overlooked symptom of Parkinson’s: speech problems. Parkinson’s can cause people to speak more softly, sometimes unclearly, presenting challenges far beyond their voices.
This was the case for… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 1, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Serum FGL1 as Diagnostic Markers for HBV-Related HCC Serum FGL1 as Diagnostic Markers for HBV-Related HCC
Might serum fibrinogen-like protein be useful as a potential diagnostic marker in early stage HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma?Laboratory Medicine (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - June 29, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
A Tiny Patch May Someday Do Your Patients' Lab Work A Tiny Patch May Someday Do Your Patients' Lab Work
Someday, a wearable patch could give patients and doctors the same information, minus the poke in the arm and the schlep to the medical lab.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - June 28, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine News Source Type: news
McMaster University Uses AI Algorithm, Machine Learning to Find Antibiotic That Neutralizes Common Antimicrobial Resistant Superbug
Further development of this novel technology could result in new, more sensitive assays for clinical laboratories to use in the effort to improve antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify a potential antibiotic that neutralizes the drug-resistant bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii, an antibiotic resistant pathogen […]
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Source: Dark Daily - June 28, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: swallask Tags: Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Source Type: news
This Blood Type Could Make You More Vulnerable to COVID-19
Soon after SARS-CoV-2 began its assault on the world, scientists began searching for clues about what, if any, factors made people more or less likely to get infected with the virus, and more or less likely to get severely sick if they did.
Early studies from China in 2020 suggested people with certain blood types—specifically blood type A—might be at greater risk for getting infected—while those with type O may be protected against infection. Some small studies confirmed the connections, while others did not, leaving public health experts agnostic about how important blood type might be as a potential ri...
Source: TIME: Health - June 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
The Most Important Question in Medicine The Most Important Question in Medicine
Ask it often enough and it will eventually save someone ' s life.Medscape (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - June 26, 2023 Category: Pathology Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news
CDC Study: Rate of Nosocomial Infections in Nation ’s Hospitals Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic
CDC’s findings are a setback for the national effort to encourage hospitals and their clinical laboratories to reduce the number of nosocomial infections and practice better antimicrobial stewardship Nosocomial infections—also known as hospital-acquired infections—increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that showed increases in several […]
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Source: Dark Daily - June 26, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: swallask Tags: Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Source Type: news
Mysteries: John Banville ’s ‘The Lock-Up’
Dr. Quirke, the Dublin state pathologist who stars in John Banville’s procedural series set in the 1950s, is melancholy by nature. “The Lock-Up” finds him nearly catatonic with grief in the wake of his wife’s demise. But life and work must go on.#dublin #johnbanville #lockup (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gen-Z Students Are Receptive to Using Genetic Tests to Learn Addiction Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder, Rutgers Study Finds
This research indicates consumers could increase their demand for clinical laboratory testing for genetic risk factors associated with addiction Rutgers University researchers recently published a study of hundreds of college students that suggests there could be high future consumer demand for genetic testing related to addiction risk. What is significant is that the college students […]
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Source: Dark Daily - June 23, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: swallask Tags: Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing Precision Medicine Source Type: news
Progression of Follicular Lymphoma and Related Entities Progression of Follicular Lymphoma and Related Entities
Review the morphologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular features of transformations from indolent B-cell lymphomas to aggressive lymphomas in this report.American Journal of Clinical Pathology (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - June 22, 2023 Category: Pathology Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
FDA Passes on Olorofim Despite Critical Need for Antifungals FDA Passes on Olorofim Despite Critical Need for Antifungals
It is hard to hurt fungus without being toxic to other human cells, point out infectious disease experts, who say they urgently need new treatment options.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - June 21, 2023 Category: Pathology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Three trusts taken to High Court in £475m contract row
A private provider has accused three acute trusts of breaking procurement rules over how they handled bids for a contract worth up to £475m to supply them with managed pathology services. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - June 21, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Personal identity, somatic symptoms, and symptom-related thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in adolescence: examining between- and within-person associations and the role of depressive symptoms - Raemen L, Claes L, Buelens T, Vankerckhoven L, Van Oudenhove L, Luyckx K.
Recent literature highlights the complex relationship between personal identity and body-related pathology, yet there is a lack of integrative longitudinal research on the relationship between identity and somatic symptoms. The present study investigated t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Bone pathology mimicking non-accidental injury in a child - bewildered by bones, case report and review of the literature - Fernando UPM, Pranavan S, Hameed S, Munasinghe BM.
INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Physical abuse of children is criminal conduct in the purview of medico-legal sciences and the confirmative diagnosis of 'child abuse' is imperative for further legal proceedings. Clinicians play a pivotal role in the protectio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Endovascular Aortic Repair Promising in CTD Endovascular Aortic Repair Promising in CTD
Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - June 16, 2023 Category: Pathology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
