A new non-invasive technique for measuring how well the heart and blood vessels function in patients already suffering from coronary artery disease could, in a single test, identify which abnormally narrowed blood vessels are the most likely to lead to further cardiovascular complications...
The freaky Minority Report pre-crime system called FAST that Homeland Security was mulling over waaay back in 2008 has been given the green light, and voluntary citizens are now having their actions tracked by an algorithm for signs of hostility. More »
Among the latest health care trends seeking to advance "individualized medicine" are private companies marketing genetic testing directly to patients. The mail-in kits, with price tags as high as $2,500, use a saliva specimen to identify small variations in the human genome (called "single...
Too many average-risk women and too few high-risk women receive genetic counseling and testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, research shows. Experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center share advice to help patients and their doctors better evaluate family history...
A combination of an oral drug, called sorafenib, and a method for injecting microbeads of chemotherapy directly into tumors has been proven safe for liver cancer patients and may improve outcomes for those who have these fast-growing, deadly tumors whose numbers are on the rise in the U.S...
I know this guy finds me attractive, and even though I have known him a while and we have dated other people in that time, we are both single right now. When we talk, he has thrown in phrases, like "if we were going out", or "if we were married".
It is just sort of weird for a guy to say that...
A report in the August 10 issue of JAMA states, that reviews and analysis of previous studies have revealed that a noninvasive method of determining the sex of a fetus by using cell-free fetal DNA obtained from the mother's blood 7 weeks after gestation performed well compared with urine-based...
Predictive genetic testing may be able to identify children's risk for developing common, treatable, and possibly preventable disorders. Using this knowledge, doctors may be able to help at-risk children learn to manage their conditions by making healthy lifestyle changes. Test results may also...
While genetic inheritance is known to play a role in the multifactorial development of most diseases of the heart, there are also a number of clearly diagnosed cardiac conditions which owe their development to quite specific genetic abnormalities. When these genetic disorders affect the...
Imagine two flat screen televisions tuned to the same channel and sitting side-by-side. From a distance, their pictures are virtually the same, however up close, you can see subtle variations in the pixels - one blurred here, another dropped out there. Suppose some of these 'bad pixels' are...
Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say the number of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood is a "powerful predictor" to help physicians more reliably assess treatment benefit for patients with metastatic breast cancer. The findings from a large analysis using...
We are doing the district testing in out P.E. classes and if we don't pass all but one of the tests we can be held another year in P.E. I'm severely asthmatic so the running tests are very hard without bringing on an asthma attack. But if we pass it one year even if we don't pass it the second...
works before installing it? is there any tricks or simple tests that can be done to test a used car stereo to see if it works properly before installing it in a vehicle?
As of right now, the testing is not good. The fighters time their cycles and show up as clean before the fights. Only careless fighters get caught. How can this problem be solved? I mean, as of right now, you have an extremely high amount of fighters using steroids in their training program...
I have a 2.5 hour interview in the near future and I smoked some weed recently without thinking. It's retarded that you have to drug test just to get a job for something as benign as weed. Anyway, can someone tell me how drug testing is handled there and should I bring synthetic urine, etc. to...
When computerized neuropsychological testing is used, high school athletes suffering from a sports-related concussion are less likely to be returned to play within one week of their injury, according to a study in The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Unfortunately, concussed football players...
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