News tagged with rapid test
Researchers combat global disease with a cell phone, Google Maps and a lot of ingenuity
(Phys.org) -- In the fight against emerging public health threats, early diagnosis of infectious diseases is crucial. And in poor and remote areas of the globe where conventional medical tools like microscopes and cytometers ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Rapid test to save Indian vultures from extinction
Vulture population declined at a catastrophic rate on the Indian subcontinent over the past 15 years. In 2004 scientists identified the cause: the drug Diclofenac. Meanwhile the use of this anti-inflammatory ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Community health workers can effectively manage children with malaria and pneumonia
Anti-malarial drugs are being used inappropriately for sick children in Zambia with fevers and difficulty breathing - a problem that can be addressed by arming community health workers with a simple rapid-diagnostic test ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Routine emergency dept. HIV screenings find only small increase in newly diagnosed HIV patients
The use of routine HIV screening in a hospital emergency department, which patients had the option to decline, was associated with only a modest increase in the number of patients with newly diagnosed HIV infection, compared ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 18, 2010 |
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EU gives green light for while-you-wait hepatitis B test
An inexpensive new test for the detection of Hepatitis B virus has been given regulatory approval for use in the European Union. The test, developed with support from the Wellcome Trust, delivers accurate results while-you-wait, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 18, 2010 |
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Could Widely Used Rapid Influenza Tests Pose A Dangerous Public Health Risk?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rapid influenza diagnostic tests used in doctors' offices, hospitals and medical laboratories to detect H1N1 are virtually useless and could pose a significant danger to public health, according to a Loyola ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Rapid tests often wrong about swine flu
(AP) -- The government's first study of how well rapid tests diagnose swine flu finds they're wrong at least half the time.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 06, 2009 |
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New chlamydia test offers rapid, pain-free test for men
A new urine test developed with funding from the Wellcome Trust will allow doctors to diagnose Chlamydia infection in men within the hour, improving the ability to successfully treat the infection on the spot ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 28, 2009 |
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FDA ignores critical information on home HIV tests
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (May 29, 2009) The FDA is ignoring critical information in deciding whether to approve an over-the-counter, rapid HIV test for home use, according to a recent article ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 29, 2009 |
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Can rapid malaria diagnostic tests improve health outcomes in practice?
A new study, carried out in primary care units in Zanzibar and published in this week's issue of PLoS Medicine, evaluates the impact of rapid malaria tests on prescribing practice and clinical outcomes. The findings sugges ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 28, 2009 |
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