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A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist ~health healthcare medicine Article 1296 words 13 votes
Smartphone cameras can now detect diabetes with 80% accuracy ~science medicine Article 941 words 5 votes
Urine test for kidney stones gives results in thirty minutes ~health medicine healthcare Article 652 words 6 votes
The infection that’s silently killing coronavirus patients ~health healthcare Article 476 words 12 votes
The downside of diagnosis by smartphone ~health medicine healthcare Article 3893 words, published Feb 5 2020 6 votes
The number of teenagers registered as girls at birth who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria has increased by almost 1,500 percent in ten years in Sweden ~lgbt transgender Link 10 votes
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An ingenious microscope could change how quickly disease is detected ~science medicine Article 479 words 6 votes
Don’t visit your doctor in the afternoon - everyone suffers decision fatigue, even physicians ~health healthcare Article 461 words 9 votes
For patients with memory loss, working towards better diagnosis ~science medicine Article 3196 words 5 votes
How to rapidly image entire brains at nanoscale resolution ~science medicine Article 1289 words 10 votes
For poorer people in India and many other countries, a computer engineer has found a way to detect breast cancer without radiation ~science medicine Article 1661 words 10 votes
How 'fat shaming' from doctors is leading to misdiagnoses for obese patients ~health healthcare Article 448 words 19 votes
Time to ditch the Pap test? Research suggests HPV testing is a better way to spot cervical cancer ~health medicine healthcare Article 798 words 4 votes
Newborn screening urged for fatal neurological disorder, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ~health healthcare medicine Article 6 votes
Colon and rectal cancer screenings should start at 45, new US guidelines say ~health medicine healthcare Article 6 votes