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News: February 14, 2012

Alzheimer's Brain Protein Scanning Moves Forward

TUESDAY, July 12 (HealthDay News) -- The use of brain scans to diagnose Alzheimer's disease may have just taken a small step forward. Longer-lasting radioactive "tracers" used in the brain-scanning process could allow wider use of the imaging tech...

PET Scan Improves Diagnosis of Parkinsonism: Study

MONDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that PET brain scans can diagnose which type of Parkinson's-related disease a person has. Between 1998 and 2006, researchers scanned the brains of 167 patients who had signs of Parkinsonism bu...

Tests Might Diagnose, Predict Prostate Cancer

TUESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- One study suggests that a simple urine test could pick out 50 percent of men with prostate cancer. Another study says that combining risk factors for prostate cancer may help predict the likelihood of developin...

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