IDSA Seeks Pathway to Better Diagnostic Tests

Published November 8, 2013

IDSA seeks pathway to better diagnostic tests
Saying physicians too often must make treatment decisions with inadequate information, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued recommendations today designed to spur the development of better diagnostic tests and encourage their use.
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With New Study, Scientists Try To Drag Drug Trials Into DNA Age
Worse, each of the 139 patients who failed would then get other diagnostic tests to try to get them into other drug studies, meaning one patient could need hundreds of tests. Studying every drug one at a time, paired with one genetic test, … Instead …
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Meet Your New Medical Device: Your Phone
Valencia said it will become a diagnostic, therapeutic and monitoring device in your pocket, “more and more of your daily life, monitoring your wellness, your health and your fitness. All that is working its way into your mobile device.” Valencia said …
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