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Is Our Future Really Written In Our Genes?
A recent book argues that your DNA can predict your future from birth with 100 percent reliability. That assertion is not 100 percent reliable. Credit: Getty Images Is our future written in our genes? Recent developments in genetics give the impression of a rapidly increasing ability to predict our individual traits based on genomic information, and even to manipulate those traits through technologies such as CRISPR-based genome editing.
Better Diagnostics Could Help in the Fight Against Flu
So-called molecular tests can be quicker and more accurate than what doctors use now Flu viruses. Credit: Getty Images Flu season is here. If it's similar to last year, 49 million Americans could soon come down with the illness. For most people, the flu is merely a nuisance. They'll have a fever, cough and body aches for a few days. But some will have it far worse. Last year, the flu killed more than 80,000 Americans and caused a record-breaking 900,000 hospitalizations.
More than 2,000 Houstonians died from the flu last year - so get tested [Opinion]
Flu season is here. Soon, hundreds of thousands of Americans will catch the disease. Most people won't go to the doctor until a few days after they start feeling ill — if at all. They may believe there's no harm in spending a few days in bed sipping chicken noodle soup. But the flu can be a matter of life and death. Last flu season, more than 80,000 Americans died from the virus. About 900,000 were hospitalized. Texas was hit particularly hard.
Overdiagnosis of C. difficile infection (CDI) and the importance of toxin detection - MLO
Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic toxin-producing intestinal pathogen that causes hospital and community-acquired diarrhea and colitis. In the U.S., estimates run as high as 500,000 cases of C. difficile infection (CDI) annually, with close to 29,000 deaths from the infection.1,2 In Europe, the numbers probably are similar.3 CDI is only now beginning to be recognized in Asia.
Rapid molecular testing is having an increasing impact on influenza therapy decisions - MLO
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there are between 9.2 and 35.6 million influenza cases each year in the United States. These cases lead to between 140,000 and 710,000 hospitalizations, with 12,000 to 56,000 deaths.1 Symptoms of influenza and pneumonia can have significant overlap, making diagnosis based on clinical presentation challenging.
Assessing New Molecular Influenza Tests
Screening for influenza infection may be important for improving patient outcomes and reducing the public health impact of this potentially deadly illness. Yet, despite the availability of dozens of influenza testing devices, most such tests do not realize the full potential of diagnosis because they do not provide highly accurate results quickly enough for healthcare providers to make informed treatment decisions while the patient is still under their care.
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