U.S. doctors develop test for Menkes disease
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Doctors say they have developed a screening test for deadly Menkes disease so patients with the genetic defect can receive life-saving copper injections.
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A relatively new blood test for people with diabetes can predict their risk of developing heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Genetic tests may soon help doctors find the best treatment for each individual.
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Scientists in the United States are developing a screening test for breast cancer that checks a woman's saliva for evidence of the disease to help find tumors early, when they are most treatable.
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A simple scratch and sniff test may  help doctors identify patients with Alzheimer's disease,  researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists say a new DNA test may help prove if people have had their health damaged by exposure to chemicals.
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The recent death of a middle-aged Alaska woman admitted to Harborview Medical Center for severe, unexplained dementia is being investigated by one of the nation&#39;s leading experts in prion diseases -- a category of illnesses that include so-called mad cow ...
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A new &#36;58 million lab at Michigan State University will be a key to detecting diseases that start in animals but can be transmitted to people.
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Investigators are preparing to test pig brains as they struggle to tell what is causing a mysterious nerve illness affecting pork plant workers in Minnesota and Indiana, but so far have found no signs of wider infection, federal health officials said Friday.
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NEW YORK  - There is global dissemination of a type of gonorrhea that lacks an enzyme used by many commercial kits to confirm a diagnosis of infection, investigators report.
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The US Department of Agriculture yesterday said it is testing a suspect animal for mad cow disease and would know within a week whether it has discovered the second case in the United States.
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WASHINGTON -- Doctors can check patients&#39; DNA when choosing medication for them, using a test the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has approved.
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German doctors have developed a simple test to diagnose allergies with the same accuracy as laboratory screening in less than one fifth of the time and cost, scientists said on Tuesday.
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For doctors, searching out disease before it appears can also carry risks.
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THE world&#39;s first test for the human form of mad cow disease has been perfected in Manchester and is set to be available to doctors next year.
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A rare sexually transmitted disease  that is spreading among gay and bisexual men in Europe could be  poised to surface in the United States, the U.S. Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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Scientists have devised a blood test for tuberculosis which they hope will help doctors in the developing world.