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Smartphone App Uses Fingernail Bed Images to Detect Anemia
App uses color and metadata from fingernails to detect hemoglobin levels in the blood
Many Americans Unaware of Promise of Personalized Medicine
41 percent are not at all familiar with personalized medicine; only 5 percent say they are very familiar
Skin Autofluorescence Predicts T2DM, Heart Disease, Mortality
Prediction independent of traditional risk factors such as MetS, glucose, HbA1c in general population
Few Physicians Work in Practices That Use Telemedicine
Specialty and larger practice size are correlates of telemedicine use
HHS Issues Draft Strategy for Reducing Health IT Burden
Strategy is open for public comment through Jan. 28, 2019
At-Home Self-Collected Samples Valid for Detecting High-Risk HPV
Participants report no difficulty understanding directions for self-collection, willing to use in future
Urate Elevation in Potential Tx for Parkinson’s Not Tied to HTN
Phase II clinical trial results, mouse model study show no link between serum urate, changes in BP
Noninvasive Diagnostic Imaging Accurately IDs Bladder Cancer
Method evaluating cells collected from urine shows 94 percent diagnostic accuracy
Marathon Runners Show Markers of Cardiac Strain
Amateur marathoners had highest troponin I and T versus half-marathon and 10-km racers
Exposure to Phthalates May Impact Timing of Puberty in Girls
Earlier breast development, pubic hair development, menarche with methyl paraben exposure
