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Rapid Swine Flu Test Misses Many Infections

Doctors should diagnose based on symptoms and strains in circulation, experts say,, THURSDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors can't rely on rapid tests to diagnose the pandemic H1N1 swine flu, say U.S health officials who evaluated three kits and found that they miss many infections...

New test for safer biomedical research results

In cancer research, as in most other biomedical sciences, they are playing a key role: living cells, kept in sterile plastic containers with red culture media populating incubators in laboratories around the world. But do researchers always know what is really living in their culture dishes? Under...

Scientists Test New Way to Get Drugs to Cancer Cells

Method might someday provide less toxic alternative to chemo, expert says WEDNESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Nanoparticles that can carry cancer-killing radioisotopes directly to tumors show promise, U.S. researchers report. The nanoparticles are made with liposomes, small chemi...

PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative and Crucell to test new malaria vaccine approach

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, July 29, 2009 The US-based PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Malaria Vaccine Development Program (MVDP), and Dutch biopharmaceutical company Crucell N.V. today announced a collaboration to accelerate deve...

Urine Test for Chlamydia Shown Effective in Men

Experts say quick results make it better than existing methods,, TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could help reduce men's risk of persistent chlamydia infection and the likelihood of transmitting it to their sex partners, U.K. researchers report. Currently, c...

Alcohol and Trauma: Blood Test Gets to the Truth

Taking samples from accident patients may offer a medical heads-up, study says,, FRIDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Testing the blood-alcohol level of trauma patients could help medical personnel identify those at risk for further complications from drinking issues, a new study says. ...

NIAID set to launch clinical trials to test 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine candidates

Scientists in a network of medical research institutions across the United States are set to begin a series of clinical trials to gather critical data about influenza vaccines, including two candidate H1N1 flu vaccines. The research will be under the direction of the National Institute of Allergy ...

New Diagnostic Biomarker Test Shows Promise in Monitoring Ovarian Cancer

CHICAGO, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ovarian malignancies are a leading cause of cancer death in women because they are usually detected in the late stages when the disease is incurable. Encouraging new research presented by Abbott today at the American Association for Clinical Ch...

Zucker Hillside Researchers to Receive Large Federal Grant to Test for the Early Treatment of Schizophrenia

People with schizophrenia have long received an inconsistent mix of treatments depending on where they lived and what doctors they saw. Now, the federal government has announced an innovative study to test the impact of the best available treatments and whether the interventions will reduce futur...

Major NIMH research project to test approaches to altering the course of schizophrenia

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is launching a large-scale research project to explore whether using early and aggressive treatment, individually targeted and integrating a variety of different therapeutic approaches, will reduce the symptoms and prevent the gradual deterioration of...

New Five-Question Test Helps Assess Asthma Control In Children Under Five Years Of Age

Test for Respiratory and Asthma Control in Kids (TRACK™) is the first validated, parent-administered asthma-control test for preschool-aged children Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) July 17, 2009 -- Caregivers of children under five years of age can now answer five simple q...

STD Test Express Offers Free Doctor Consultations With Every STD Test

CHICAGO, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- STD Test Express ( www.STDTestExpress.com ) offers leading direct-to-consumer testing services for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). STD Test Express is the only service on the Internet to have partnered with a telemedicine network of physician...

Blood Test Shows Statistically Significant Association With Alzheimer's Disease (AD), May Predict Conversion of Mild Cognitive Impairment to AD

LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, England and VIENNA, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Zsuzsanna Nagy of the University of Birmingham today presented data from a clinical study, funded by Cytox Limited, demonstrating that a simple blood-based biomarker discriminated between patients with Alzheimer's d...

New Five-Question Test Helps Assess Asthma Control in Children Under Five Years of Age

WILMINGTON, Del., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caregivers of children under five years of age can now answer five simple questions to determine if their child's breathing problems are not under control. AstraZeneca funded a research project to create the Test for Respiratory and Ast...

Accumetrics' VerifyNow(R) P2Y12 Test Provides Physicians With Information to Assess a Patient's Response to Newly-Approved Prasugrel (Effient(R))

SAN DIEGO, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- With the recent FDA approval of the new P2Y12 inhibitor, prasugrel (Effient), Accumetrics, Inc. announces that its VerifyNow P2Y12 Test is not only able to assess response to Plavix(R), but also its newly approved competitor, Effient. In obtaining ...

Memory test and PET scans detect early signs of Alzheimer's

Berkeley -- A large study of patients with mild cognitive impairment revealed that results from cognitive tests and brain scans can work as an early warning system for the subsequent development of Alzheimer's disease. The research found that among 85 participants in the study with mild cogniti...

Cepheid Receives FDA Clearance for First On-Demand Molecular Diagnostic Test for Clostridium difficile Infection

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD ) today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Xpert(R) C. difficile test, an on-demand molecular diagnostic test designed for 45-minute detection of the bac...

Corgenix to Exhibit AspirinWorks(R) Test at 2009 ISTH Meeting

DENVER, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corgenix Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CONX), a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, will be exhibiting its AspirinWorks(R) Test at the XXII Congress and the 55th Meeting of the Scientific and Standardization Committee of the...

VAP(R) Cholesterol Test Highlighted in Groundbreaking Book on Longevity

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The VAP(R) Cholesterol Test recently gained the honor of being a component in one of nine steps to a longer life. TRANSCEND: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever (Rodale, 2009) by anti-aging authority Terry Grossman, M.D., and world-renowned futurist Ray...

LeadConfirm Professional Now Available at Overstock.com--The First Oral Based Lead Test Makes Getting the Lead Out Easier

Aimed for the professional market, LeadConfirm Professional is less invasive than blood tests at detecting lead levels in the body San Diego, CA (Vocus) July 6, 2009 -- Until now, determining a person’s lead exposure has been an invasive procedure involving pain...

New Urine Drug Test to Detect for 6 Major Drugs, Now Available at Drugstore.com -- 'DrugConfirm' Is a New Revolutionary Urine Drug Test

A new urine drug test kit called DrugConfirm™ is the ideal drug testing solution for individuals that want a fast and accurate instant drug test. Developed by Biotech Company Confirm BioSciences, the cup has a sleek, innovative design and incorporates new Push Button Technology. It’s...

Prometheus Launches MyCeliacID(TM), the First Do it Yourself, Saliva-Based Genetic Test Dedicated to Celiac Disease

SAN DIEGO, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Prometheus Laboratories Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, today announced the launch of MyCeliacID(TM), the first do it yourself, saliva-based genetic test dedicated to celiac disease. MyCeliacID identifies distinct genetic sequences associ...

Too Few Americans Get HIV Test Early Enough

Late diagnosis costs lives that could be saved with powerful treatments, CDC says THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Too many Americans with HIV are diagnosed late in the course of their disease and miss out on the optimal benefit of effective treatments, U.S. health officials repor...

Glucose challenge test is accurate and economical for diabetes and prediabetes screening

A test commonly used to help identify women with diabetes during pregnancy may be an accurate, convenient and inexpensive way to screen the general population for unrecognized diabetes and prediabetes, according to Emory University researchers. A test commonly used to help identify women with d...

Experimental Urine Test Spots Appendicitis

Holds promise for faster, more accurate diagnoses, researchers say TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new urine test may one day spot appendicitis faster and more accurately than current tests do, researchers report. Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children...

Patients Often Not Told About Abnormal Test Results

Study finds communication breakdowns at least 7 percent of the time,,,, MONDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- People who visit their primary care physician for routine blood tests or screenings are often not informed of the results, a new study finds. The failure of doctors and medic...

Standard IQ Test May Undervalue People With Autism

Study shows they could solve problems faster than non-autistics on a different test FRIDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- The most commonly used test to measure intelligence is underestimating the intellectual potential of autistic people, new research suggests. People with autism oft...

Is Your Teenager Using Prescription Drugs Behind Your Back? TestCountry Drug Test Panel Numbers Tally with NIDA Fact Sheet Reports on Prescription Drug A

If sales of drug test panels are an indicator, then it could mean that prescription drug abuse among teenagers is on the rise. TestCountry.com, a leading online distributor of drug testing kits, has recently announced an increase in their sales of drug test panels, particularly those used for det...

Ovu-Trac(R) Home Test Kit From OvumOptics Predicts Ovulation with 96.2% Accuracy

Ovu-Trac®, an Ovulation Predictor Kit now available in the United States for the first time, has been found to predict ovulation with 96.2% accuracy. This fertility predictor has been used successfully by tens of thousands of women throughout Canada, and has recently passed Food and Drug Adm...

Study supports validity of test that indicates widespread unconscious bias

In the decade since the Implicit Association Test was introduced, its most surprising and controversial finding is its indication that about 70 percent of those who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes have an unconscious, or implicit, preference for white people compared to ...

Cepheid Announces European Release of Improved Test for BCR-ABL Chromosomal Translocation Associated With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)

Oncology Test Further Highlights Broad Market Applicability of GeneXpert System SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD ) today announced the release of its improved Xpert(R) BCR-ABL Monitor test to be marketed as a CE IVD product under the Euro...

Clarient Launches New Gene Mutation Test to Help Select Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation Test May Be Key To Identifying Patient Response to Drug Therapies ALISO VIEJO, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT ), a premier anatomic pathology and molecular testing services resource for pathologists, oncologis...

Prostate cancer test improves prediction of disease course

A new prostate cancer risk assessment test, developed by a UCSF team, gives patients and their doctors a better way of gauging long-term risks and pinpointing high risk cases. According to UCSF study findings, published this week, the test proved accurate in predicting bone metastasis, prostate...

Parents In Wisconsin Can Now Test Their Children For Lead Exposure Using Saliva

LeadConfirm Professional, the first and only non-invasive and oral-based lead testing product in the market today, is now available to more doctors and health care professionals in Wisconsin through a wider distribution base. San Diego – LeadConfirm Professional, ...

New Home Drug Hair Test Kit Now Available from Bartell Drugs; HairConfirm Detects 90-Day Drug Use & Usage Frequency

HairConfirm, a new home drug hair test kit designed to help parents combat teen drug use, is now available from Bartell Drugs Seattle, CA (Vocus) June 11, 2009 -- HairConfirm, a new home drug hair test kit designed to help parents combat teen drug use, is now available ...

‘HairConfirm' Is First Drug Test of Its Kind to Report Low/Medium/High Usage; Now Available at Local Discount Drug Marts

A new home-based hair follicle drug test kit called HairConfirm™ can detect drug use as well as usage frequency for up to 90 days, equipping parents with a valuable new tool for combating substance abuse. The kit is now available at a local Discount Drug Mart Store. ...

New accurate diagnostic test for swine H1N1 influenza using RT-PCR technology

New Rochelle, NY, June 9, 2009A new, easy-to-perform method for detecting both seasonal influenza A virus and the emerging H1N1 swine-derived influenza A virus in human clinical samples offers a fast, sensitive, and cost-effective diagnostic test that runs on standard laboratory equipment. This ti...

Advance in bowel cancer test research

Australian researchers have developed gene expression biomarkers which can accurately discriminate pre-cancerous and cancerous colorectal growths from non-cancerous controls. Being presented today at the Digestive Disease Week conference in Chicago, the preliminary findings are the result of a ...

DxNA Submits its Rapid Detection Platform Test for H1N1 to FDA

Company's Portable 4.5kg "Lab in a Box" Allows for Rapid Onsite Pathogen Detection ST. GEORGE, Utah, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- DxNA announced today that it has submitted a request to the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its GeneSTAT(R) pathogen platform, for the detection of the H1N...

Parents In Pennsylvania Can Now Test Their Children For Lead Exposure Using Saliva

LeadConfirm Professional, the first and only non-invasive and oral-based lead testing product in the market today, is now available to more doctors and health care professionals in Pennsylvania through a wider distribution base. San Diego, CA (Vocus) – LeadConfirm...