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Image: A histopathology of the diabetic kidney showing the thickening of the mesangial basement membrane and matrix with nodular glomerular sclerosis and intercapillary sclerosis (Photo courtesy of the University of Antioquia).

CKD May Occur Before Diabetes Diagnosis

Doctors have long known that patients with diabetes are at risk for kidney disease, and while chronic kidney disease (CKD) is regularly evaluated among patients with diabetes, kidney function may be significantly impaired before diabetes is diagnosed. More...
28 Mar 2018
Image: A cardiac troponin I sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit (Photo courtesy of Cell Biolabs).

New Heart Attack Test Better Informs Underlying Condition

The serum troponin assay is the biochemical gold standard for detecting myocardial infarction (MI). A major diagnostic issue is that some believe troponin levels can rise with reversible injury, in the absence of radiologically detectable infarct. More...
27 Mar 2018
Image: The GC-2010 gas chromatograph used for calculating the Omega-3 Index (Photo courtesy of Shimadzu).

Omega-3 Levels Predict Death Risk Better Than Serum Cholesterol

The value of measuring blood levels of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) omega-3 fatty acids to assess an individual's risk for developing certain disease has been investigated. More...
27 Mar 2018
Image: Human Amyloidβ Oligomers enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) Kit (Photo courtesy of IBL International).

Alzheimer Disease CSF Biomarker Used in Clinical Setting

Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is one of the key tools for the state-of-the-art differential diagnosis of dementias. Dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by elevated CSF levels of total Tau (tTau) and phospho-181-Tau (pTau) and low CSF amyloid-β42 (Aβ42). More...
27 Mar 2018
Image: The CO-Oximetry External Quality Assessment Programme can be used with the ABL80 FLEX CO-OX blood gas analyzer (Photo courtesy of Randox).

CO-Oximetry External QA Programme Launched

Co-oximetry is a methodology that measures the levels of the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin, which is the chief component of red blood cells and CO-oximetry is useful in defining the causes for hypoxemia, or hypoxia. More...
22 Mar 2018
Image: Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging signal in healthy volunteers, high-risk subjects and patients with schizophrenia showing a stepwise elevation in microglial activity (orange) as severity of illness increases (Photo courtesy of MRC\'s Clinical Sciences Centre).

CRP Levels May Indicate Schizophrenia Prognosis

Levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) indicating low-grade inflammation are associated with worsening scores on several psychometric scales and a poorer overall prognosis over a 1-year period in outpatients with stable schizophrenia. More...
20 Mar 2018
Image: The ARCHITECT i1000SR immunoassay analyzer used to measure high‐sensitivity troponin I (Photo courtesy of Abbott Laboratories).

Troponin I Levels Predict Coronary Artery Disease Severity

Although coronary artery disease (CAD) may be present early in life, its progression over time is highly unpredictable. Coronary atherosclerosis can progress at variable rates, ranging from a gradual increase in luminal narrowing to an abrupt progression to total luminal occlusion. More...
20 Mar 2018
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