Faster, more accurate newborn sepsis test in development

Testing newborn babies for sepsis could become faster and more accurate, reducing complications and deaths, thanks to the ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Publish Clinical Data for Rapid Diagnostic Urine Test to Detect Invasive Aspergillosis

Through long-standing research, which has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, investigators at Johns Hopkins ...

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V felt tightness across his chest. His deepest breaths felt shallow. He sought help at an emergency department, where a ...
Healio

New AAP guidance on UTIs prefers shorter antibiotic courses

The AAP’s newest guidance on diagnosing and treating UTIs in children aged 8 days to 5 years recommends shorter antibiotic ...

For Two Sisters, a ‘Biological Age Test’ Became a Ledger of Their Past

They thought it might explain why their health had diverged. Instead, it stirred up feelings that weren’t so easily ...

Before Saying Yes To The Medical Test, Know The Risks And Benefits

When Lori Baute first learned about precautionary full-body MRI scans, she dismissed the idea. “ I heard Kim Kardashian got ...
ConsumerAffairs

What Is Considered Middle Class in America's Largest Metros?

When Americans talk about the "middle class," it can sound like there's a single income range that applies no matter where you live. In reality, where you live can dramatically change how far your ...
The Stanford Daily

Research Roundup: Nobel Prize for neuroscience, smarter bladder cancer test

Bioengineer Karl Deisseroth won the Nobel Prize and researchers developed a more accurate test to diagnose bladder cancer.
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국내 성인 H. pylori 신규 감염 드물어···UBT 기반 연 0.76%

[메디칼업저버 이지현 기자] 국내 성인의 헬리코박터 파일로리 (Helicobacter pylori, 이하 H. pylori) 신규 감염률이 요소호기검사 (UBT) 기반 추적에서 연간 0.76%로 나타났다. 이는 혈청항체검사를 이용한 기존 국내 연구에서 보고된 연간 2.1~3.3%보다 낮은 수준이다.