Cardiac testing is essential for diagnosing and managing heart disease. I asked Lee Health Heart Institute Cardiologist Robert Cross, M.D., to explain tests used for assessing heart function ...

Background: Establishing a confident clinical diagnosis before an advanced stage of illness can be difficult in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but unlike common causes of dementia, prion diseases ...

"For example, under the support of AI, for the first time globally we can predict a patient's risk of having Alzheimer's disease up to 15 years in advance through a blood test with the diagnostic ...

There is a 'large variation' between GP surgeries when it comes to the use of a prostate cancer test for men who have no signs of the disease, according to a study. The prostate-specific antigen ...

Advancing our understanding of this disease requires dedicated research and access to critical resources. Investigators seeking to contribute to this field are encouraged to request data or ...

CWD is atransmissible spongiform encephalopathy and is similar to scrapie in sheep, mad cowdisease in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans ... Initial positive test results from the ...

At age 6, I was diagnosed with a fatal disease. At age 11, I lost my ability to walk. Today, I’m 23 and am fighting for my life — and for all of those who are desperate for a cure. Tragically ...

Apr. 16, 2024 — Patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could benefit from better testing protocols that would reduce the need and lengthy wait for potentially unnecessary ...

New research finds a link between eating out of plastic takeout containers and heart disease. The study adds to growing evidence that plastic chemicals may negatively influence your health.

and imaging tests to help diagnose IBD. However, endoscopy with biopsy is often essential to confirming a diagnosis and distinguishing between the two types. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...

The Trump administration on Saturday terminated hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including fellows responsible for key public health roles, according to two ...