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Medical testing
Medical tests are performed to detect or diagnose a health issue, determine an appropriate treatment plan, confirm that a therapeutic intervention is working as intended, or monitor the progression of a condition. Medical tests can vary from evaluating bodily specimens, such as blood or urine, to invasive examinations, including biopsies or endoscopies. While most medical testing requires a healthcare professional, some test, such as monitoring blood glucose levels, can be administered by the individual patient in an outpatient setting.
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APR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 08, 2015Cancer
Novartis announces that Health Canada has issued a marketing authorization with conditions for Zykadia (ceritinib), a lu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have found that male mice trill startlingly intricate songs to beguile female mice-in much the same way as b ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 31, 2015Microbiology
Dr Freya Harrison, who was quoted in the article, said the team thought the eye salve might show a "small amount o ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have for the first time used DNA sequencing to trace the fatal spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis bet ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 25, 2015Chemistry & Physics
More than a year into Colorado's experiment legalizing marijuana, labs testing the plants are able for the first time to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Neuroscience
It's not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes. Even with advancements in safety ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Kalorama information suggests that the FDA approval of a rare gene test from Mountain View, Calif.-based personal geneti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Fear of neurological brain damage struck a blow this week to business as usual in the National Football League when high ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 16, 2015Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 16, 2015Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cancer
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 11, 2015Cardiology
A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins cardiologist and biomedical engineer Hiroshi Ashikaga, MD, PhD, has developed ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Pietro Valdastri is convinced that using magnetic force in the right way can make minimally invasive surgery easier and ...Written By: Will Hector
APR 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 08, 2015
Cancer
Novartis announces that Health Canada has issued a marketing authorization with conditions for Zykadia (ceritinib), a lu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have found that male mice trill startlingly intricate songs to beguile female mice-in much the same way as b
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 31, 2015
Microbiology
Dr Freya Harrison, who was quoted in the article, said the team thought the eye salve might show a "small amount o ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have for the first time used DNA sequencing to trace the fatal spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis bet
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 25, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
More than a year into Colorado's experiment legalizing marijuana, labs testing the plants are able for the first time to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
It's not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes. Even with advancements in safety
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Kalorama information suggests that the FDA approval of a rare gene test from Mountain View, Calif.-based personal geneti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Fear of neurological brain damage struck a blow this week to business as usual in the National Football League when high
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 16, 2015
Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 16, 2015
Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cancer
Scientists are eager to make use of stem cells' extraordinary power to transform into nearly any kind of cell, but that
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 11, 2015
Cardiology
A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins cardiologist and biomedical engineer Hiroshi Ashikaga, MD, PhD, has developed
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Pietro Valdastri is convinced that using magnetic force in the right way can make minimally invasive surgery easier and
...
Written By:
Will Hector