Cognitive function is critical for an older patient's ability to conduct daily activities and maintain independence. Evaluating cognitive function may help inform older patients and their oncologists ...

The evaluation of hand function is of paramount importance in neuromotor disorders, where precise assessment informs both diagnosis and treatment. Standardised tests, such as the Jebsen–Taylor Hand ...

Degenerative aortic stenosis (AS) has become the most common valvular heart disease and the definitive treatment of symptomatic, severe AS is surgical valve replacement. In the absence of symptoms, ...

Researchers developed a standardized tool to assess the functional impact of tardive dyskinesia on patients. A standardized scale to assess the severity of symptoms in patients with tardive dyskinesia ...

Pharmacogenetic Profiling in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Treated With First-Line FOLFOX-4 Chemotherapy The number of bowel movements per day increased up to week 4 and then slowly ...

Focused cardiac ultrasonography is a point-of-care, qualitative or semiquantitative means of assessing cardiac size, structure, and function that is performed and interpreted by the clinician at the ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers showed that a simple string-pulling task could help make a reliable assessment of shoulder mobility across animals and humans. Across ...

The basis behind the newly published dose-response function is that the relationship between intra-cellular responses and multi-organ, multi-cellular governing processes is reflected in the overall ...

An expert task force on Thursday released a new and much-anticipated approach for diagnosing kidney function, saying there is no need for controversial algorithms that consider race in the assessment ...

Injury to the brain that results in neurological impairment. Causes include trauma, tumours, infections, metabolic insults and disorders of the blood supply. Setting out a process of best practice and ...