Diagnostic Imaging Not Yet Enough for Biopsy-Free Radical Prostatectomy
While prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-PET may improve diagnostic accuracy in suspected prostate cancer, it may not be accurate enough to skip the biopsy when considering radical prostatectomy. In a retrospective review of 89 men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), PSMA-PET prior to biopsy had a false-positive rate of 30%, with subsequent needle biopsy revealing negative […]
Anxiety Disorder: Symptoms, Treatment, Types & Medications
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Test, Symptoms, Treatment & Causes
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Coid, J. “Epidemiology, public health and the problem of personality disorder.” The British Journal of Psychiatry 182.44 (2003): s3-s10. Dhawan, N., M.E. Kunik, J. Oldham, and J. Coverdale. “Prevalence and treatment of narcissistic personality disorder in the […]
Women’s heart attacks are often missed: This gene may help explain why
When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the sexes. According to University of Florida College of Nursing associate professor Jennifer Dungan, many of the current symptom profiles and lab tests for heart disease do not accurately […]
Drug Abuse & Addiction Definition, Treatment, Causes, Symptoms
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Treatment Revision. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. American Psychiatric Association. Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorders, Second Edition. Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association, […]
Drug Abuse & Addiction Disorder: Treatment, Causes, Symptoms & Effects
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Treatment Revision. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. American Psychiatric Association. Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorders, Second Edition. Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association, […]
Home-based flu tests as accurate as rapid diagnostic testing in clinical settings: Study findings underscore imperative of expanding test access and lowering costs
Home-based, self-administered tests for influenza are comparable in accuracy to rapid diagnostic tests in clinical settings, according to a recently published, peer-reviewed study. “Home tests are a valuable tool to support the management of influenza and other respiratory infections,” said Matthew J. Thompson, professor of global health and family medicine at the University of Washington […]
Blood Test Discerns Alzheimer’s From Other Dementia With High Accuracy
Two blood markers, phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) and phosphorylated tau 181 (p-tau181), showed strong diagnostic performances for Alzheimer’s disease and discriminated Alzheimer’s from frontotemporal lobar denervation (FTLD) syndromes and normal cognition, a retrospective study showed. Both plasma biomarkers distinguished Alzheimer’s disease syndromes from non-Alzheimer’s disease disorders with a receiver operating characteristic area under the curve […]
Schizotypal Personality Disorder Treatment, Symptoms & Causes
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Treatment Revision. Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Anglin, D.M., C.M. Corcoran, A.S. Brown, et al. “Early cannabis use and schizotypal personality disorder […]
Schizotypal Personality Disorder Treatment, Symptoms & Causes
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Treatment Revision. Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Anglin, D.M., C.M. Corcoran, A.S. Brown, et al. “Early cannabis use and schizotypal personality disorder […]