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How direct-to-consumer health tests could impact insurance, mortgages, and employment

As more consumers order up lab tests and genetic screenings, experts say it could impact insurance, loans, and employment decisions.
Science Daily

A simple blood test could spot Parkinson’s years before symptoms

Scientists in Sweden and Norway have uncovered a promising way to spot Parkinson’s disease years—possibly decades—before its most damaging symptoms appear. By detecting subtle biological signals in ...
Hawk Central

Thanks to gift, Palm Beach to buy fast-read blood-analysis devices

Palm Beach Fire-Rescue plans to buy four new point-of-care blood analysis machines. The devices are being funded by a $122,760 donation from the Palm Beach Police & Fire Foundation. These portable ...
Frontiers

Effects of erythropoietin administration on allogeneic blood transfusion requirements in adults undergoing surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Jiangjin District Second People's Hospital, Chongqing, China 2 Department of Urology, Chongqing Jiangjin District Second People's Hospital, Chongqing, ...
Frontiers

A structured list of laboratory tests for screening the possible causes of small fiber neuropathy in clinical practice

Small fiber neuropathies (SFN) are increasingly recognized as the cause of various sensory and autonomic disorders. Different tests exist to enable the objective diagnosis of SFN, but these tests ...