Sweat does more than just cool down an overheating body. Measuring the chemical makeup of an individual’s sweat—specifically the levels of chloride, a chemical component of salt—can serve as an early warning system to help inform the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that damages the lungs and digestive system.
Researchers have developed an AI tool that can help doctors predict who might develop a potentially fatal heart condition, just from an ECG.
A new Northwestern Medicine study has revealed how a common inherited mutation disrupts red blood cell development and sparks inflammation that can lead to leukemia, according to findings published in Nature Communications.
How many times have you stared at a home COVID-19 test, waiting for the faint line that confirms an infection? Those home antigen tests often fail to detect a recent infection or one with no symptoms. A PCR test is more accurate, but it must be done by a medical lab and the results take days to deliver.
Having lived with an ALS diagnosis since 2018, Kate Nycz can tell you firsthand what it’s like to slowly lose motor function for basic tasks. “My arm can get to maybe 90 degrees, but then it fatigues and falls,” the 39-year-old said. “To eat or do a repetitive motion with my right hand, which was my dominant hand, is difficult. I’ve mainly become left-handed.”
Patients with some cancers, autoimmune diseases, and metabolic disorders often endure time-consuming intravenous (IV) infusions to receive the best protein-based treatments available. Because these protein therapeutics require high doses to be effective and are typically formulated at low concentrations to remain stable, IV infusion has been, until now, the only option.
Cepheid announced that the test will be shipped to Canadian customers this month.
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Stimvia, a medtech company based in the Czech Republic, has successfully completed a clinical study on peroneal electrical transcutaneous neuromodulation (peroneal eTNM®) through its URIS® device to treat Parkinson’s disease symptoms.
West Nile virus (WNV) has been the dominant cause of mosquito-borne illness in the United States since its introduction into North America in 1999. There are no vaccines nor medications to prevent or treat illness in people, so surveillance, prevention, and control remain the best options to protect the public.
A hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography, developed by Dutch researchers and deployed retrospectively to more than 40,000 exams, reduced radiologist workload by 38% without changing recall or cancer detection rates.