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Local degranulation of mast cells is associated with acute ocular inflammation

Mast Cell Degranulation Linked to Ocular Pathology

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Provokes acute ocular inflammation, dilation, permeability of choroidal vessels
Researchers have developed a genetic test to quickly detect enterovirus D68. The researchers published details of the test's techniques online recently in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

New Gene Test Speeds Diagnosis of Enterovirus D68

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Virus sickened more than 1,000 U.S. children last year, 14 deaths reported
About 10 percent of cases where a drug does serious harm are not reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration within the required 15-day period

Delays Noted in the Reporting of Serious Patient Harms to FDA

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Analysis found roughly 10 percent of cases were filed after 15-day deadline passed
More than a third of colorectal cancers diagnosed in younger patients are caused by inherited gene mutations

35% of Colorectal Cancers in Patients Age ≤35 Are Genetic

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Study authors recommend that people diagnosed before age 35 get tested
A new diagnostic to differentiate between HIV-1 antibodies

FDA Approves Test to Differentiate HIV Viruses

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Among people two years and older
Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in asymptomatic adults is associated with a reduction in the incidence of gastric cancer

Review: Eradicating H. pylori Cuts Incidence of Gastric Cancer

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Reduction in the incidence of gastric cancer with tx of asymptomatic, otherwise healthy individuals
As a result of the increasing popularity of high-deductible health care plans

Expansion of High-Deductible Plans to Impact Physician Care

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Physicians must be able to balance provision of good clinical care with ability to limit costs
Researchers say they've made preliminary progress toward developing a drug that one day may treat people infected with the Marburg virus

Progress Reported in Treatment of Marburg Virus

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Researchers found infected monkeys were less likely to die with treatment
Cellular damage occurs when people undergo computed tomography scans

Evidence of Cellular Damage From Computed Tomography

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But whether this could trigger cancer or other health issues remains unclear
Stillbirths have eclipsed infant deaths for the first time in the United States

CDC: Stillbirths Now Outnumber Infant Deaths in U.S.

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Experts point to dropping infant death rates, racial disparities in care, and fertility treatments as factors