Two new tests combine the powerful technologies of liquid biopsy and next-generation sequencing to help guide targeted cancer therapy.
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Not enough evidence shows whether screening for and treatment of asymptomatic low vitamin D levels improves health outcomes.
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U.S. overdose deaths rose in early 2019 mainly due to opioid overdoses and the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening this trend.
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Researchers recently conducted the first human clinical trial to evaluate a robotic device for blood draws.
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Phlebotomists and parents can use several techniques to help reduce anxiety in children when they have blood drawn for lab tests.
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The updated CDC Yellow Book has tips for staying healthy while traveling abroad, including information about vaccines.
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The USPSTF urges that more women at risk for breast and ovarian cancer be assessed for their chances of having BRCA gene mutations.
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New guidelines from the American Cancer Society call for starting cervical cancer screening at age 25 and using a primary HPV test.
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Describes how B-cell immunoglobulin gene rearrangement tests are used, when they are ordered, and what the results of B-cell immunoglobulin gene rearrangement tests might mean
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KRAS mutation testing is used to help guide treatment of metastatic colon cancer or non-small cell lung cancer. A tumor that has KRAS mutations may not respond to targeted cancer therapy.
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