CDC: ‘Nightmare bacteria’ hitting U.S. hospitals

In 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found 221 instances of “unusual resistance germs” which can cause infections untreatable by antibiotics and spread that resistance to other germs. This “nightmare bacteria,” as the CDC called it, means hospitals and other healthcare facilities need to take “early and aggressive” action whenever a single case is found within their walls.

UK research collaboration will find if MRI can better diagnose prostate cancer, replace biopsies

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Mark Emberton, MD, PhD, of University College London. Photo courtesy of the Medical Research Council (U.K.). 

Researchers in the U.K. are preparing to study whether an MRI can be used to diagnose prostate cancer in men earlier and more accurately than prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests, which could potentially replace prostate biopsies, according to a release from the Medical Research Council in the U.K.