Contents In this issue 7 20 6 News in numbers
The headlines and vital statistics impacting healthcare.
Diagnostics
7 A new era of early detection There is no single test used to diagnose Alzheimer’s – it is usually a result of several tests and assessments. While for some, a diagnosis can be simple and quick, for others it can take far longer. However, when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, early diagnosis is vital for patients to receive the care and treatment they
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need. Phoebe Galbraith speaks to Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren, MD, PhD, associate professor at the Clinical Memory Unit at Lund University, and neurologist at the Memory Clinic, Skåne University Hospital; and Suzanne E. Schindler, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine and Fluid Biomarker Core Leader, as they discuss new and emerging diagnostics tools for Alzheimer’s disease and the potential it has for early diagnosis and treatment.
11 IGRA tests have the edge Revvity
13 Advancing gastroenteritis diagnostics Bruker
15 Diagnostics for vaccine- preventable diseases EUROIMMUN
16 Fighting malaria with AI Malaria diagnostics is a multi-pronged field, with no one method providing a silver bullet, and researchers always trying to add more tools to their arsenal. Elly Earls sat down with Roxanne Rees-Channer, a malaria researcher at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases at UCLH, to find out how one of the newest prongs – AI – could act as a valuable support tool for overwhelmed remote clinics.
19 CLIA: Ideal automated faecal sample diagnostics Certest Biotec
Infection control
20 Breathe easy Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the common and deadly respiratory tract infections. Affecting patients who are already critically ill in hospital settings, it can worsen already grave outcomes. So how can hospitals work to prevent and treat this infection? Abi Millar speaks to Freya Harrison, a microbiologist working in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, to find out why VAP is so hard to treat and how patients might benefit from the latest research advances.
Wound care
23 Taking the pressure off Recognising its clinical and economic benefits, more countries are making negative pressure wound therapy more accessible in community settings, but challenges remain. Jim Banks speaks to Viviana Gonçalves, a complex wound care specialist at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de São João, Alexandre Rodrigues of the Universidade de
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