Likelihood Ratios Offer Clinicians a Sharper Read on Prognostic Tools
A new review shows likelihood ratios reveal wide variability in how well palliative prognostic tools discriminate short-term mortality.
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Routine wrist MRI misses many scapholunate ligament tears, arthroscopy study finds
A retrospective comparison of 864 patients found that routine wrist MRI reliably identified intact scapholunate ligaments but missed a majority ...
AI neuroimaging tools dazzle in the lab but stall before the operating room, review finds
A narrative review finds that AI neuroimaging tools for neurosurgery show strong technical performance in retrospective studies but lack the ...
New IgG blood test for H. pylori shows high specificity but limited sensitivity
A new ELISA kit for detecting anti-Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies showed the highest specificity of four assays tested but the ...
AI Spots Breast Artery Calcifications on Routine Mammograms with High Specificity but Modest Sensitivity
Every year, tens of millions of mammograms are performed worldwide, and many of them contain a quiet clue about a ...
Blood-based HIV self-test shows strong accuracy in Uganda field trial
A field study of 2,434 people in Uganda found the ConfiSign blood-based HIV self-test achieved 100% sensitivity and 99.8% specificity ...
Sequencing Test Shows High Accuracy for Detecting Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Children
A meta-analysis of seven studies reports pooled sensitivity of 0.94 and specificity of 0.98 for mNGS in diagnosing pediatric Mycoplasma ...
Systematic review maps PCR accuracy for newborn cytomegalovirus screening
A systematic review of 19 cohorts found favorable diagnostic performance for saliva and dried blood spot PCR screening of congenital ...
Gold-Dotted Titanium Nanotubes Deliver Enzyme-Free Glucose Sensing With Record Low Detection Limit
Researchers tuned gold nanoparticle deposition on titanium dioxide nanotubes to build an enzyme-free glucose sensor with a sensitivity of 7.96 ...
Trx1-CA125 strategy matches ROMA with higher ovarian cancer sensitivity
An exploratory diagnostic study found that combining Trx1 and CA125 produced higher reported ovarian cancer sensitivity than ROMA overall, in ...
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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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