Sarcopenia has a big impact on health as we age – and it’s not just about the risk of falls. It is estimated to affect 10–16% of the aging population but challenges with diagnosis mean that this is likely to be an underestimate. Current methods of analysing muscle all have limitations associated with them. CLI […]
Background A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection – usually bacterial – of any part of the urinary tract. Most commonly, a UTI would involve the lower urinary tract (urethra and bladder), and non-complicated lower UTIs are more common in women. Mild UTIs can resolve naturally, and pain killers, application of heat to the […]
It could be easy to imagine that the gold standard for diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) is urine culturing with antimicrobial susceptibility testing to ensure prescription of the correct antibiotic. However, there are many aspects to the diagnosis of a UTI and an overreliance on urine culture alone can result in asymptomatic bacteriuria being […]
In a previous article (CLI October 2021 “Diagnosis of acute hepatic porphyria”), we discussed in detail the biochemistry and the diagnosis of the different types of porphyria. Here, we give a brief recap before going on to discuss a recent paper by Gallagher et al. that examined the effects of different specimen storage and handling […]
Artificial Intelligence has helped scientists reveal two distinct forms of prostate cancer which could revolutionise how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future.
Endometriosis is an incurable, chronic condition, associated with debilitating pain and reduced fertility. It is thought to affect 190 million women worldwide and is associated with huge costs to the economy though loss of earnings and cost of health-care/treatment. Currently, diagnosis on average takes around 8 years. CLI chatted to Dr Barbara Guinn (Centre for […]