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Image: Elecsys 2010 chemistry analyzer (Photo courtesy of Roche Diagnostics).

Vitamin D Deficiency May Be Overdiagnosed by Current Methods

Low levels of total 25-hydroxyvitamin D are common among Americans of African descent, but vitamin D-binding protein has not been considered in the assessment of vitamin D deficiency.  More...
04 Dec 2013

Inappropriate Laboratory Testing Found Throughout Medicine

Laboratory testing is the single highest-volume medical activity and drives clinical decision-making across medicine with over five billion tests performed each year in the USA.  More...
02 Dec 2013
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Image: Histology of a lung nodule excision showing papillary adenocarcinoma (Photo courtesy of iCytology).

Blood Test Differentiates Benign Lung Nodules from Lung Cancer

A combination of quantifiable blood proteins can distinguish between benign lung nodules and early-stage lung cancer with high probability.  More...
28 Nov 2013
Image: A new breathalyzer device is able to detect acetone in the breath, revealing blood glucose levels (Photo courtesy of Western New England University).

New Breathalyzer Monitors Blood Glucose in Diabetics

A novel noninvasive breathalyzer device has been created that can monitor blood glucose levels in diabetics by detecting acetone levels.   More...
26 Nov 2013
Image: Micrograph of cryptitis in a case of Inflammatory Bowel Disease from a colonic biopsy of the mucosa (Photo courtesy of Nephron).

Diagnostic Blood Test Determines Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A blood test could easily determine whether a patient is suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, eliminating the need for extensive and expensive dialogistic testing in order to rule out more serious conditions like Inflammatory Bowel Disease.   More...
21 Nov 2013
Image: Micrograph of a liver biopsy showing steatohepatitis (Photo courtesy of Nephron).

Novel Biomarker Predicts Steatohepatitis Severity

Liver biopsy remains the gold standard for the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis diagnosis and the grading liver disease severity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients.  More...
21 Nov 2013
Image: Multiplex assay system for electrochemiluminescence (Photo courtesy of Meso Scale Discovery).

Gut Hormone Test Predicts Efficacy of Gastric Bypass

A hormone test may be able to predict the extent of metabolic improvement caused by the gastric bypass, one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the treatment of obesity.   More...
19 Nov 2013
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