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New way of measuring white blood cell function offers better insights to help patients with sepsis

12.11.2019 Health Problems

Caring for a patient with sepsis requires walking a treatment tightrope. Clinicians must identify the pathogen that is causing a patient’s infection, carefully monitor the patient’s response to antibiotics and supportive measures and race against the clock to prevent potential organ failure and death. Most of the time, physicians can control the infection itself. What ultimately leads to multi-organ system […]

Amyloid is a less accurate marker for measuring severity, progression of Alzheimer’s

07.08.2019 Health Problems

While the presence of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain may be a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, giving patients an amyloid PET scan is not an effective method for measuring their cognitive function, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University. The researchers concluded that fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) […]

E. coli—are we measuring the wrong thing?

25.04.2018 Health Problems

A sepsis awareness and management programme has demonstrated overall success in terms of improved sepsis detection, but has led to an increase in the number of E. coli blood stream infection cases presented, calling into question the targets used by Health Boards and set by the Welsh Government. Sepsis is a serious complication of an infection, which can lead to […]

Technology used to map Mars now measuring effect of treatment on tumours

24.04.2018 Health Problems

A machine learning approach for assessing images of the craters and dunes of Mars, which was developed at The University of Manchester, has now been adapted to help scientists measure the effects of treatments on tumours. Because tumours are not uniform and different parts of them change at varying speeds, it is difficult for researchers to see what effects their […]