Diagnosable Disease
Hollywood gets bad review for creating ’anxiety and fear’ through its portrayal of cancer
David J. Benjamin, MD, recently met with a patient who recalled the moment a previous physician had diagnosed him with cancer.
Q&A: State of diagnosis, screening in AMD
Earlier diagnosis of certain types of age-related macular degeneration is integral to preserve vision for patients.
Diagnosis gap widens from symptom onset between Black, white patients
In older adults with dementia, Black patients were less likely to receive a diagnosis than white patients, with the difference increasing over 3 years following symptom onset, according to a recent study.
Women less likely to receive a disease diagnosis than men
In the Netherlands, diagnostic interventions in the primary care setting were less likely to lead to a disease diagnosis in women than men, according to a recent analysis.
CV biomarkers may help noninvasively diagnose type 2 MI
CV biomarkers that quantify myocardial injury, endothelial dysfunction, microvascular dysfunction and/or hemodynamic stress successfully provided modest discrimination in a noninvasive diagnosis of type 2 MI, researchers reported.