Getty Images A trial to let women with worrying breast cancer symptoms book appointments directly with diagnostic clinics without going to see their GP first is being planned in one region of England. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the aim was to diagnose patients with cancer more quickly and free up more GP appointments. The … Read more
May 31, 2022 – After years going on and off medications for occasional asthma symptoms, things went downhill for Brian Blome in November 2020. The retired carpenter started feeling short of breath and wheezing during bike rides. At home, he struggled with chores. “I was having a hard time climbing a flight of stairs, just … Read more
At 9, Natalie Rosenthal started having terrible stomach pains, fatigue, and diarrhea. She had dark circles under her eyes. She stopped growing taller or gaining weight. “I had spasms whenever I ate anything,” says Rosenthal, now an adult. “The pediatrician at first told my mom that I had a nervous stomach.” Meds to calm muscle spasms … Read more
The system being tested should spot the disease long before symptoms or obvious brain signs develop. Source link
After finding unexplained dark marks on her skin which she couldn’t explain, BBC reporter Bree Johnson decided to investigate why it seems harder to diagnose skin conditions on non-white people. She speaks to Kanayo Dike-Oduah, who nearly died as a result of a rare skin disorder, and to Malone Mukwende, who wrote a guide to … Read more
BENGALURU: A team led by IISc researchers has developed a software tool that reveals the severity of lung infections in Covid-19 patients. Called AnamNet, the software tool can ‘read’ chest CT scans of potential Covid-19 patients and estimate the damage caused to the lungs by scanning for specific abnormal features. It can provide automated assistance … Read more
There’s no specific test or list of symptoms that doctors use to look for MS. So how do they diagnose it? Source link
WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that they say can distinguish asymptomatic Covid-19 patients from healthy individuals through their cough recordings, and show the results on a smartphone app. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US found that people who are asymptomatic may differ from healthy individuals in the … Read more