Community health workers in Rwanda match dermatologists at spotting podoconiosis with app and paper tools
A new study in Rwanda shows that community health workers using either a WHO mobile application or a simple clinical ...
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Sequencing Read Counts Could Flag the Most Infectious Tuberculosis Patients
Pulmonary tuberculosis remains one of the world's most stubborn infectious diseases, and a central challenge for clinicians is telling apart ...
Ultrasound First, CT With Caution: Real-World Data Map Imaging of Childhood Appendicitis
A Turkish cohort study of 675 children undergoing appendectomy found that ultrasound missed about one in five confirmed appendicitis cases ...
ChatGPT and Gemini Face a Histology Test: How Well Can AI Chatbots Spot Basal Cell Carcinoma Under the Microscope?
A UCLA research team tested whether ChatGPT and Gemini could correctly identify basal cell carcinoma from histologic images, revealing both ...
Bedside Eye Ultrasound Reveals Dangerous Brain Pressure in Stroke Patients
A prospective study of 100 neurocritical patients in Egypt found that bedside ultrasound of the optic nerve sheath detects elevated ...
Blood Test for Bacterial Infection Fails as a Diagnostic Tool but Excels at Tracking Sepsis Risk in Ethiopian Hospital Study
A prospective study of 210 hospitalized adults in Southwest Ethiopia found that admission procalcitonin performed poorly for diagnosing bacterial infection ...
Ultrasound Nomogram Distinguishes Rare Breast Inflammation From Cancer With Near-Perfect Accuracy
A new multimodal ultrasound nomogram distinguishes granulomatous lobular mastitis from invasive ductal carcinoma with a validation AUC of 0.978, though ...
Ultrasound Measurements Can Tell Apart Two Dangerous Types of Childhood Intussusception
A new study shows that simple ultrasound measurements, particularly lesion diameter, intussusception length, and the core-to-wall index, can reliably distinguish ...
Virtual ECG Gating Speeds Up Heart Scans for Chest Pain Patients Without Losing Diagnostic Power
A prospective study of 254 patients shows that virtual ECG-gated coronary CT angiography cuts examination time significantly while matching conventional ...
Simple Three-Question Nurse Checklist Could Unlock Botulinum Toxin Therapy for Overlooked Spasticity Patients
Austrian researchers developed a simple three-question nursing questionnaire that achieved near-perfect accuracy in identifying spasticity patients who could benefit from ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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