Health: Eye-tracking app can diagnose children with autism from 16 months old

Autism could soon be diagnosed via an APP: Scientists develop an eye-tracking tool that can identify the condition in children from 16 months old One sign of autism in youngsters is a tendency to focus on objects, not people The app uses the camera on an iPad/iPhone to track a toddler’s eye movements This is … Read more

Portable test can diagnose COVID-19 in just 15 minutes and determine if it is a variant in 3 hours

Scientists say they have created a new, portable test that can detect coronavirus in just minutes and even identify if it is a highly infectious variant. Developed by the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in La Jolla, California, the test is called NIRVANA (nanopore sequencing of isothermal rapid viral amplification for near real-time analysis). The … Read more

Portable test can diagnose COVID-19 in just 15 minutes and determine if it is a variant in 3 hours

Scientists say they have created a new, portable test that can detect coronavirus in just minutes and even identify if it is a highly infectious variant. Developed by the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in La Jolla, California, the test is called NIRVANA (nanopore sequencing of isothermal rapid viral amplification for near real-time analysis). The … Read more

Health: Looking up symptoms online IMPROVES ability to diagnose without increasing anxiety

Dr Google will see you now! Looking up symptoms on the Internet IMPROVES your ability to diagnose illness without increasing anxiety, surprising study finds US researchers tested the ability of 5,000 volunteers to diagnose illnesses They were asked to do so both before and after looking up symptoms online The findings suggest that concerns over … Read more

How did it take TWO YEARS to diagnose my brain disorder? Janey was told it was ‘all in the mind’.

Driving home along the motorway one afternoon, Janey Semp suddenly felt a strange tingling spreading across her left hand. By the time she’d pulled up outside her house in Manchester, 30 minutes later, the sensation — ‘Like a very painful form of pins and needles’ — had spread to her arm, which she struggled to … Read more

New breathalyser test may allow doctors to diagnose respiratory conditions in minutes

A breathalyser may give doctors a new way to diagnose a range of respiratory conditions in as little as two minutes. Lung disease is one of the major causes of illness and death in the UK, with one in five people having a respiratory disease.  These include asthma, lung cancer, pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease … Read more

Skoda develops new app that can diagnose car faults by sound alone

‘I reckon the clutch’s slipping, mate…’: Skoda develop a smartphone app that identifies what’s wrong with your car by listening to the engine Skoda Sound Analyser has been tested by 245 Skoda dealers across Europe It is being used by mechanics in franchised dealers to quickly identify issues  The app, when held close to the … Read more

Skoda develops new app that can diagnose car faults by sound alone

‘I reckon the clutch’s slipping, mate…’: Skoda develop a smartphone app that identifies what’s wrong with your car by listening to the engine Skoda Sound Analyser has been tested by 245 Skoda dealers across Europe It is being used by mechanics in franchised dealers to quickly identify issues  The app, when held close to the … Read more

AI can diagnose Osteoarthritis by analysing cartilage texture 3 years before it starts wearing away

AI can diagnose Osteoarthritis by analysing cartilage texture three years BEFORE it starts wearing away and causing joint pain, study shows An artificial intelligence model was trained to look for signs of Osteoarthritis  It does so by examining cartilage texture maps and comparing to other results The technique detects early stages of the condition with … Read more

Now a single blood test can diagnose the gluten illness that brings misery to suspected sufferers

Thousands of Britons suspected of suffering with agonising coeliac disease can now be diagnosed with a simple blood test, sparing them from an unpleasant internal examination. The autoimmune disease, which causes the body to attack healthy tissue in response to gluten in wheat, barley and rye, can cause permanent organ damage and bowel cancer if … Read more