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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Diagnosis Improved by Simple Accelerometers

February 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Chaos, Diagnosis, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, human gait, Modeling, Muscular Dystrophy, Physics, Screening

Testing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy can require specialized equipment, invasive procedures and high expense, but measuring changes in muscle function and identifying compensatory walking gait could lead to earlier detection. This week in Chaos, researchers present a relative coupling coefficient, which can be used to quantify the factors involved in the human gait and more accurately screen for the disorder. They measured movements of different parts of the body in test subjects, viewing the body as a kinematic chain.

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Genetic Breakthrough Identifies Heart Failure Risk in African and Latino Americans

December 10, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cardiology, Diagnosis, genes, Genetic Screening, Genetics, Heart Failure, Heart Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, JAMA, Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Personalized Medicine, Research, Science

Findings may inform genetic screening test for patients at risk and medically under-served

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Tracking medications, finding tumors easier with new technique

November 25, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments cancer imaging, Diagnosis, Pet Imaging

A novel method produces a new class of radioactive tracers that are used for medical imaging. The method allows them to attach radioactive atoms to compounds that have previously been difficult or even impossible to label. The advance will make it easier to track medications in the body and identify tumors and other diseases.

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Off a cliff, without a parachute:

October 21, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments ASD, Autism Spectrum, Diagnosis

First-line health professionals must vastly improve their communication and engagement with parents if they are to help address the growing prevalence of autism among children, say researchers from the University of South Australia.

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Expanding Medicaid means chronic health problems get found & health improves, study finds

September 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Chronic Disease, Diagnosis, low-income, Medicaid, medicaid expansion, Poverty, Prevention

Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan’s expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study.
And whether it was a newly found condition or one they’d known about before, half of Medicaid expansion enrollees with chronic conditions said their overall health improved after one year of coverage or more.