Mediterranean-style diets found to cut heart risks
Pour on the olive oil, preferably over fish and vegetables: One of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering...
View Article'Comparison shopping' by doctors saves money
Research at Johns Hopkins suggests that if hospitals would show physicians the price of some diagnostic laboratory tests at the time the tests are ordered, doctors would order substantially fewer of...
View ArticleMysterious illness kills two in southeast Alabama
(AP)—Alabama health officials say a mysterious respiratory illness has left five people hospitalized and two dead in the southeastern part of the state.
View ArticleNew tick-borne illness may be misdiagnosed
(HealthDay)—Physicians say a new kind of tick-borne infection that's similar to Lyme disease can mislead doctors into thinking it's a different condition.
View ArticleH7N9 flu peril lies in deep lung infiltration, study reports
The H7N9 bird flu virus is a peril for humans because it replicates deep in the lungs where it can trigger a dangerous response from the immune system, a study said Wednesday.
View ArticlePotential new treatment for colitis
A drug currently on the market to treat leukemia reversed symptoms of colitis in lab tests, according to recently published findings by medical researchers with the University of Alberta.
View ArticleResearchers find way to reduce unnecessary lab tests, decrease patient costs...
When patients undergo diagnostic lab tests as part of the inpatient admission process, they may wonder why or how physicians choose particular tests. Increasingly, medical professionals are using...
View ArticleAre lab tests overused: Large-scale analysis finds inappropriate lab testing...
Laboratory testing is health care's single highest volume activity, with over 5 billion tests performed each year in the U.S.
View ArticleCDC: Norovirus caused cruise ship outbreak
Federal health investigators say lab tests have confirmed that norovirus was to blame for an outbreak on a cruise ship that sickened nearly 700.
View ArticleMaking embryos from three people doesn't look unsafe
Britain's fertility regulator says controversial techniques to create embryos from the DNA of three people "do not appear to be unsafe" even though no one has ever received the treatment, according to...
View ArticleGhana: Quarantined US citizen tested for Ebola
Health officials in Ghana say a U.S. citizen is being tested for Ebola and remains in quarantine after he fell ill while in West Africa.
View ArticleRosemary and oregano contain diabetes-fighting compounds
The popular culinary herbs oregano and rosemary are packed with healthful compounds, and now lab tests show they could work in much the same way as prescription anti-diabetic medication, scientists...
View Article5 children at Illinois day care diagnosed with measles
(AP)—Health officials say five children under age 1 who attend the same suburban Chicago day care have been diagnosed with measles.
View ArticleQuality improvement intervention cuts tests ordered
(HealthDay)—Implementation of a multifaceted quality improvement intervention is associated with a decrease in the number of ordered laboratory tests, according to a study published online March 21 in...
View ArticleNew study verifies accuracy of rapid Ebola test
A new finger prick rapid Ebola test co-developed by Tulane University researchers is as accurate as traditional lab testing for the disease, according to an independent study published in the British...
View ArticleA paradigm shift in multidrug resistance
Bacteria are pretty wily creatures. Take for example, an organism such as Salmonella, which which are killed by antibiotics in lab tests, but can become highly resistant in the body.
View ArticleCase of ovarian hyperthecosis described
(HealthDay)—A case of ovarian hyperthecosis has been presented in the Oct. 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
View ArticleTeenager infected with rat-bite fever from her pet rodent
A 17-year-old woman was infected with the rare, but treatable rat-bite fever, that developed from pet rodents that lived in her bedroom, report the doctors who treated her in the online journal BMJ...
View ArticleTool decreases superfluous lab testing, cuts health-care costs
Anyone who's spent a night in a hospital knows the drill: In comes a phlebotomist, first thing in the morning, for lab tests. Physicians have long recognized that lab testing isn't necessary for all...
View ArticlePittsburgh researcher infected with Zika in lab accident
The University of Pittsburgh says one of its researchers became infected with the Zika virus in a lab accident.
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