Update on Ocular Behcet's Disease - Page 5 - Medscape
Furthermore, oral ulceration is commonly provoked by dental procedures. Pathergy is tested using the 'prick test' in which a 20-g needle is inserted 5 mm obliquely into the skin of the forearm ...
New Test Offers Quicker Way to Screen for Dementia - Medscape
2024年11月19日 · The test, called qBEANS — short for Quick Behavioral Exam to Advance Neuropsychological Screening — involves patients spooning raw kidney beans into small plastic cups in a specific sequence ...
Management Consensus of Inflammatory Bowel Disease for the
The following diagnostic criteria for Behcet's disease are recommended by the International Study group for Behcet's disease: (i) recurrent oral ulcers: occurring at least three times in the past ...
The Most Worrisome Study at AHA 2024 - Medscape
2024年11月12日 · The authors write that they will test both ITT and as-treated, but they designated that their primary analysis will be done in the ITT group. The fifth flaw involves the choice of safety endpoints ...
Digital Danger: How Cyberattacks Put Patients at Risk - Medscape
On September 27, 2024, UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, experienced an IT outage due to a cybersecurity incident that temporarily diverted patients to other healthcare facilities. So far, this ...
FDA OKs Next-Gen Cologuard Test for CRC Screening - Medscape
2024年10月4日 · This makes the Cologuard Plus test a strong option for first-line screening of average risk patients," said Imperiale, who served as principal investigator of the BLUE-C study. The company plans ...
Abnormal TSH: Forget it or Fret it? - Medscape
2024年9月25日 · In the situations where the thyroid function test results are discordant (ie, elevated TSH and elevated free T4 levels or low TSH and low free T4 levels) or difficult to interpret, it would be ...
A New CRC Blood Test Is Here. What Does It Mean for Screening?
2024年9月20日 · In July, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new blood-based test to screen for colorectal cancer (CRC).. The FDA's approval of Shield (Guardant Health) marks a notable ...
Selenium in Thyroid Care: Clinical Insights and Applications
2024年10月28日 · Angell: Selenium is a trace element found in the environment, and it turns out to be an essential component of some critical enzymes in the body, including those for thyroid hormone metabolism ...
Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Are Here…Are Clinicians Ready?
2024年10月24日 · Elahi said patients need to be informed that AD blood biomarkers are still “relatively new,” and a test can help a patient “know the likelihood of having the disease, but it won’t be 100% ...