Acetaminophen use tied to false-positive test in chronic granulomatous disease: study Dr Satabdi Saha6 Aug 2020 2:15 PM ISTResearchers have reported that acetaminophen use can affect the accuracy of testing for chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and lead to a false...
Point-of-care ultrasonography may help diagnose abscesses and cellulitis, finds study Medha Baranwal4 Aug 2020 8:51 PM ISTUSA: Point-of-care ultrasonography has good diagnostic accuracy for the differentiation of abscesses from cellulitis, suggests a recent study in...
New accurate, non invasive method for blood sugar estimation developed Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli31 July 2020 12:30 PM ISTResearchers have developed a new accurate metabolic heat conformation (MHC) method, for the noninvasive measurement of blood sugar. The new method...
New inexpensive blood test has great promise in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis Hina Zahid31 July 2020 9:00 AM ISTA new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer's disease and in persons at known...
FDA approves First blood Test to Identify fatal allergy to Red Meat Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 July 2020 9:02 AM ISTPORTAGE --The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ImmunoCAP Specific IgE alpha-Gal Allergen Component test to help specialists and...
Researchers create hybrid virus in lab that mimics COVID-19 virus Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 July 2020 6:54 AM ISTResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a hybrid virus that will enable more scientists to enter the fight...
World-first blood test to detect positive COVID-19 cases in 20 minutes Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 July 2020 10:55 AM ISTWorld-first Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed World-first blood test that can detect positive COVID-19 cases in about 20...
Repeated ANA testing costly and has low utility, says Lancet study Medha Baranwal20 July 2020 10:32 AM ISTAustralia: There is a little benefit in repeating antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing after it has yielded a negative result in the first place,...
Novel test method detects coronavirus in highly diluted gargle samples Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 July 2020 10:38 AM ISTPharmacists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have succeeded in detecting small amounts of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using mass...
Is it useful to perform biopsy at flexible cystoscopy? Study throws light Medha Baranwal16 July 2020 10:30 AM ISTIreland: A recent study in the Irish Journal of Medical Science sheds light on whether it is worthwhile to perform a biopsy at...
Fully automated chip quickly and reliably determines blood type in emergency Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli14 July 2020 8:30 AM ISTResearchers have developed a compact and rapid blood-typing chip which also dilutes whole blood automatically. This helps detect blood type...
Absolute lymphocyte count may predict prognosis in Covid‐19: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli11 July 2020 8:08 AM ISTResearchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have found in a retrospective cohort review that lymphocytopenia...
