Disease Symptoms And Diagnosis in the News

Faster TB diagnosis with new chip
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A new invention launched yesterday also detects resistance to two standard drugs used to treat the infectious disease, allowing for the right treatment to be prescribed quickly to patients. Tuberculosis, or TB, is the second most common cause of death …
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Young patients, docs can miss signs of heart disease, attack
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High blood pressure increases a person's risk for heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and heart failure. Blood pressure that stays elevated can damage the blood vessels, along with other parts of the body. "A timely diagnosis and control of high blood …
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Deadly Ebola & Lassa Viruses May Be More Common Than Thought
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During an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda this summer, officials were slow to identify the disease because victims did not show typical symptoms, such as coughing up blood, according to the Associated Press. And, as with Lassa, reports indicate that in …
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How is Acute Pericarditis Diagnosed and Treated?
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Pericarditis is the most common pericardial disease encountered by hospitalists. As many as 5% of chest pain cases unattributable to myocardial infarction (MI) are diagnosed with pericarditis.1 In immunocompetent individuals, as many as 90% of acute …
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