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Blood Collection: is usually drawn and collected in order to perform a variety of laboratory tests. Specimens are often sent to help diagnose and treat conditions.
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DEC 24, 2015Health & Medicine
People often argue that a person can be both fat and fit. Now, new research claims that you cannot be both fat and fit. ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
A portable, wearable heart defibrillator was recently approved for use in children at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. &n ...DEC 15, 2015Neuroscience
Starting your day usually involves a pretty regular routine. A morning commute through traffic or the necessary coffee r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 04, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Personalized, precise, targeted medicine is the latest trend in clinical healthcare. Could personalized diets be next? A ...DEC 03, 2015Cardiology
Blood clots that form in the arteries, called arterial thrombosis, are the main cause of heart attacks and strokes. In o ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2015Immunology
New research shows the appendix isn't as unnecessary as previously though. In fact, an entire group of innate lympho ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 30, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates of all cancer types, largely because the cancer spreads rapidly a ...NOV 24, 2015Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don' ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The embattled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are in hot water again as new research reports that the one-drop blood testi ...NOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
What happens when a nanoscience polymer expert, a biomedical engineer, and a couple of surgeons get together? Possibly a ...NOV 17, 2015Neuroscience
While it’s well known that exercise has many health benefits for the cardiovascular system, muscles and bone stren ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt ...NOV 05, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
With an estimated value at $9 billion, Theranos is, by all rights, not an average multi-billion dollar biotech startup. ...OCT 12, 2015Cancer
According to research published this month in Scientific Reports, specific types of migraines may be associated with the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 12, 2015Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are estimated to grow exponentially over the next five decades. In ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 07, 2015Microbiology
This year’s El Nino could bring a surge in Dengue fever cases. Researchers at the University of Florida, led ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 24, 2015Neuroscience
While it is well known that smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and strokes, along with a myriad of other cardi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 13, 2015Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Cancer
Warnings about the dangers of smoking started in the 1960s, but lung cancer remains the second-most common cancer and th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 03, 2015Cancer
Why does melanoma, which accounts for 2 percent of skin cancer cases, cause almost all skin cancer deaths? Why have mela ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 01, 2015Neuroscience
American seniors are getting attention for mental health issues - but maybe too much of the wrong kind. According to a U ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 03, 2015Health & Medicine
Theranos, founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, plans to revolutionize clinical laboratory testing by offering low cost b ...Written By: Kerry Evans
DEC 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
People often argue that a person can be both fat and fit. Now, new research claims that you cannot be both fat and fit.
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
A portable, wearable heart defibrillator was recently approved for use in children at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. &n
...
DEC 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Starting your day usually involves a pretty regular routine. A morning commute through traffic or the necessary coffee r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 04, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Personalized, precise, targeted medicine is the latest trend in clinical healthcare. Could personalized diets be next? A
...
DEC 03, 2015
Cardiology
Blood clots that form in the arteries, called arterial thrombosis, are the main cause of heart attacks and strokes. In o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2015
Immunology
New research shows the appendix isn't as unnecessary as previously though. In fact, an entire group of innate lympho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 30, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates of all cancer types, largely because the cancer spreads rapidly a
...
NOV 24, 2015
Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don'
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The embattled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are in hot water again as new research reports that the one-drop blood testi
...
NOV 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
What happens when a nanoscience polymer expert, a biomedical engineer, and a couple of surgeons get together? Possibly a
...
NOV 17, 2015
Neuroscience
While it’s well known that exercise has many health benefits for the cardiovascular system, muscles and bone stren
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt
...
NOV 05, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
With an estimated value at $9 billion, Theranos is, by all rights, not an average multi-billion dollar biotech startup.
...
OCT 12, 2015
Cancer
According to research published this month in Scientific Reports, specific types of migraines may be associated with the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are estimated to grow exponentially over the next five decades. In
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 07, 2015
Microbiology
This year’s El Nino could bring a surge in Dengue fever cases. Researchers at the University of Florida, led
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 24, 2015
Neuroscience
While it is well known that smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and strokes, along with a myriad of other cardi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Cancer
Warnings about the dangers of smoking started in the 1960s, but lung cancer remains the second-most common cancer and th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 03, 2015
Cancer
Why does melanoma, which accounts for 2 percent of skin cancer cases, cause almost all skin cancer deaths? Why have mela
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 01, 2015
Neuroscience
American seniors are getting attention for mental health issues - but maybe too much of the wrong kind. According to a U
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Theranos, founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, plans to revolutionize clinical laboratory testing by offering low cost b
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans