'Better' head injury test devised
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Scientists develop an electronic device to test for serious head injuries.
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LONDON - Doctors have been giving steroids to head trauma patients for more than 30 years, but the first major study of the practice has shown they are useless and may even have killed thousands of people.    Experts said the findings, published this week in The Lancet medical journal, are "a complete and alarming surprise for all."   Head trauma, usually from car crashes, violence or falls, is the leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults in the developed world, and globally second only to HIV in causing the death of people under 40...
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Â· Girl, 2, in critical condition with head injuriesÂ· Executive examined by psychologists
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A new, high-tech helmet tracks the severity of on-field hits in real time. But its potential benefit all depends on who's wearing it
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Sydney - Australian researchers said on Tuesday they had developed a new skin test which can identify potential victims of Alzheimer&#39;s disease early.
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US researchers have developed a test to measure the turnover of a key protein involved in Alzheimer's disease, which could lead to better treatments and faster diagnosis.
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A new test may help scientists answer a perplexing &quot;which came first&quot; question about the development of Alzheimer&#039;s disease, possibly pointing the way to earlier diagnosis or even treatment.
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A highly sensitive new test could lead to a different way to diagnose people with Alzheimer's disease, possibly helping find the illness in its early stages when there might be time for treatment.
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Brain scans can detect changes in grey matter, which could help doctors predict illnesses such as schizophrenia, British researchers said.
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Scientists in the US say they have developed a faster, cheaper and more reliable test to detect bladder cancer.
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Alcohol is to blame in many accidents that cause major head injuries, but it also might help people survive after they get hurt, researchers said on Monday.
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A  test capable of diagnosing the early signs of Alzheimer's disease has been developed in the US using nanotechnology.
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Scientists in Hong Kong say they&#39;ve developed a test that&#39;s able to detect bird flu in people within one or two hours instead of the week or more required to get results from previous kinds of tests.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to dampen down the impact of bad memories in people's brains.
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American researchers say brain scans could provide an alternative and perhaps more reliable tool for catching people out in a lie than the standard polygraph test.
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A new research method that quantifies people&#39;s quality of life -- beyond how much money they make - could lead to a recognised index of well-being, similar to key measures of economic health.
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NEW YORK  - Infants who sustain head injuries due to abuse have worse outcomes than their peers with head trauma due to other causes, researchers report in the journal Pediatrics this month.