News tagged with medical diagnostic test

Abbott cuts 700 jobs from device and testing unit

(AP) -- Medical device and drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it will lay off 700 employees as part of ongoing restructuring efforts.

Technology / Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm

In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, professor of Microbiology ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Heart-targeting Listeria increase cardiac disease risk

Certain strains of the food pathogen Listeria are uniquely adapted to infect heart tissues and may put people at a higher risk from serious cardiac disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Improving sonography requires improving sonography school admissions

Diagnostic ultrasounds are the most widely used medical tests in the world. Though the technology is more than 50 years old, scientists continue to discover new uses for it, ranging from more targeted cancer treatments to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

9 in 10 docs blame lawsuit fears for overtesting

(AP) -- Ninety percent of physicians surveyed said doctors overtest and overtreat to protect themselves from malpractice lawsuits.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'NanoPen' may write new chapter in nanotechnology manufacturing

Researchers in California are reporting development of a so-called "NanoPen" that could provide a quick, convenient way of laying down patterns of nanoparticles — from wires to circuits — for making futuristic ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0