This issue of Health Technology Update features brief summaries of information on a broad range of medical technologies — from a rapid test for the diagnosis of Lyme disease to an app to support...

Radiotherapy is an important treatment tool used for two-thirds of people who receive cancer treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is being used for treatment guidance because it offers superior...

Summary Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are classes of medications used in diabetes...

Background Like many industries, health care is generating increased volumes of data and becoming increasingly reliant on it.1 Applications that use artificial intelligence (AI) may offer...

Summary Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common and chronic disease of the synovial joints caused by biomechanical factors, inflammation, and joint tissue damage. The current therapeutic options include non...

In This Issue Issue 21 — August 2018 — Rural and Remote Issue This issue of Health Technology Update features brief summaries of information on a range of technologies with relevance to rural and...

Introduction A Compilation of New and Emerging Health Technologies From Around the World CADTH’s Horizon Scanning identifies and monitors new and emerging health technologies likely to have a...

Summary Coronary artery disease is the most common form of cardiovascular disease in Canada. A new blood test, Corus CAD, combines age, sex, and gene expression in an algorithm to determine the...

Summary Gene therapy is an area of therapeutics aimed at curing, or significantly improving the management of, diseases with few or no treatment alternatives. A large proportion of the candidates for...

Summary There are two major categories of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by severe impairment or an absolute deficiency of insulin due to autoimmune destruction of pancreatic cells...