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When Trials Find Implausible Results—The SCOT-HEART trial

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An imaging test. One group of patients with chest pain received standard stress testing; the other received standard stress testing plus a coronary CT scan (CCTA). Here is the 5-year survival curves for the composite endpoint of CV death and MI: How can a diagnostic test lead to this much benefit? Not a drug.

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New Diagnostic Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease Targets Tau

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A newly published study from Sweden unveiled a blood test capable of detecting Alzheimer’s disease with 90% accuracy.

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Precision Diagnostics Can Save Money In Healthcare: What’s Holding Them Back?

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But to accomplish this, the pricing and reimbursement model for diagnostic tests needs reform. Precision medicine allows for more efficient use of costly medicines.

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No More Invasive Tests: Hera Biotech’s Endometriosis Solution

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Hera Biotech is developing a less invasive, more accurate diagnostic test for endometriosis, an often painful condition that can lead to infertility.

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Sepsis Causes Over 350,000 Deaths Annually. This Lab Test Can Reduce That By A Third.

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Cytovale has developed a FDA-cleared, rapid diagnostic tool for sepsis, and it just raised $100 million to roll it out to hospital systems across the country.

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Race in Medicine

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In the years that followed, I learned of efforts to remove racial identifiers from medical textbooks and test questions. Race is a therefore terrible diagnostic test. We define diagnostic tests as tools that distinguish two populations, in medicine, diseased and healthy. We do this with BRCA testing.

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Friday Reflection 44: Diagnostic Enigma

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I feel most like I am “among my people” discussing diagnostic dilemmas with my team post call. What makes a diagnostic dilemma? Diagnostic dilemmas are those which occupy the other three squares of a 2X2 table. 2 Common puzzles test diagnostic reasoning. These unsolved chronic problems are never easy.