Posts tagged: testing
Bone Density Testing – ASBMR Response To NEJM Article
The recently reported study on bone density testing in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) may have inadvertently resulted in confusion about the use and recommended frequency of an important diagnostic tool used for osteoporosis, a very serious condition that affects many women...
New research confirms need for lung cancer testing
Different kinds of lung cancer behave in different ways, suggesting they are fundamentally different diseases. According to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in Cancer, the official journal of the American Cancer Society, different subgroups of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) show distinct patterns of spread in the ...
Post-Liver Transplantation Survival Outcomes – Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Helps Predict
According to a study in the February edition of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival after liver transplantation. The findings reveal that the CPET measurement, ...
New research confirms need for lung cancer testing
AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 2, 2012) Different kinds of lung cancer behave in different ways, suggesting they are fundamentally different diseases. According to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in Cancer , the official journal of the American Cancer Society, different subgroups of non-small cell lung cancer ...
New research confirms need for lung cancer testing
(University of Colorado Denver) Different kinds of lung cancer behave in different ways, suggesting they are fundamentally different diseases. According to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in Cancer, the official journal of the American Cancer Society, different subgroups of non-small cell lung cancer show distinct patterns of ...
Post-Liver Transplantation Survival May Be Predicted By Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Researchers from the U.K. determined that preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival following liver transplantation. Study results available in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, shows that ...
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing may predict post-liver transplantation survival
Researchers from the U.K. determined that preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival following liver transplantation. Study results available in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, shows that ...
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing may predict post-liver transplantation survival
Researchers from the U.K. determined that preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival following liver transplantation. Study results available in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, shows that ...
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing may predict post-liver transplantation survival
(Wiley-Blackwell) Researchers from the UK determined that preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a specific predictor of 90-day survival following liver transplantation. Study results available in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, shows that ...
Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreement for near patient testing – drugs of abuse
The Premier healthcare alliance today announced a new sole source agreement for near patient testing - drugs of abuse (with or without additional tests) has been awarded to Medtox Scientific, Inc. of Saint Paul, Minn.
New Standard For Vitamin D Testing To Ensure Accurate Test Results
At a time of increasing concern about low vitamin D levels in the world's population and increased use of blood tests for the vitamin, scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material to assure that measurements of vitamin D levels are accurate. The report appears in ACS' journal Analytical ...