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Diagnostics World News | Fitbit smartwatches and fitness trackers can be outfitted with an algorithm that can detect abnormal heart rhythms. At least that is suggested by findings of a recent study where the algorithm was found to have a high positive predictive value (98%) for atrial fibrillation.
Nov 15, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | After nearly three years of dealing with COVID-19, the last thing anyone wants to hear is news of another looming global health crisis. Unlike COVID-19, this one has been lurking for some time. Scientists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and patients have a unique ability and responsibility to address the problem before it gets out of control. The looming crisis is antimicrobial resistance.
Nov 11, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | A Yale research team discovered that newborn metabolic screening data could identify human ancestry and help practitioners diagnose genetic diseases.
Nov 10, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | A recent study revealed that people ages 65 and older who caught COVID-19 were more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease shortly thereafter. The findings showed that the risk of developing Alzheimer’s almost doubled in this population of older adults over the one-year period following a COVID-19 diagnosis.
Nov 8, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | Diagnosing sepsis is a longstanding challenge in medicine because the clinical signs and symptoms are nonspecific and, in the absence of a gold standard for identifying patients with the disease, the focus has remained largely on identifying the culprit pathogen. But an assay developed by University of California, San Francisco researchers that deploys metagenomic next-generation sequencing of both pathogens and host immune response could be a real gamechanger.
Nov 3, 2022