Vid of the Week
Two Vaccine Trials Report Greater Than 90% Efficacy in Preventing Infection
This week, CBS News reported that Moderna's early data from their vaccine trials show 94.5% efficacy, with 5 vaccine recipients included ...
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Quick tissue testing aids cholangiopancreatography yield
Dec 28, 2010
| Gastroenterology, Hematology-Oncology, Oncology, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having an on-site pathologist interpret tissue samples at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) can lead to immediate diagnosis, researchers report in the November 23rd on-line paper in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Dr. Douglas A. Howell and colleagues...
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New test simplifies detection of Turner syndrome
Dec 16, 2010
| Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Pediatrics, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new test makes feasible the early detection of Turner syndrome, according to a report in the December 8 issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
“I am a Pediatric Endocrinologist and became very frustrated seeing young ladies first referred for the...
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Could aspirin enhance performance of stool DNA test for colon cancer?
Dec 10, 2010
| Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Medical Students, Nurses/NP/PA, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Newscast
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There’s no need for people to stop taking aspirin before an immunochemical fecal occult blood test (iFOBT) because it won't hamper the performance of the test, a new study suggests. On the contrary, low-dose aspirin therapy might actually boost the test's performance....
