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A simple blood test on a pregnant woman will now enable doctors to screen for the most common type of Down syndrome. But experts say since the results may involve abortion, it is bound to be a very controversial procedure.
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A new study says a simple blood test done as early as seven weeks into a woman's pregnancy can predict the baby's gender. There are already tests but they take longer, they're usually invasive and they're unreliable and sometimes deadly.
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Diagnosing in remote settings, anywhere in the world, might soon be easier and cheaper, with an accurate lab-on-a-chip (LOC) that integrates several blood tests and costs about $1, developed at Columbia Engineering, an article in Nature Medicine reported.
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A simple blood test that measures the length of telomeres will be able to determine with accuracy how much longer an individual has to live, but ethical and legal questions abound.
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A study from Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre has found that a biochemical diagnosis can identify patients with Alzheimer's disease in the early stages. The blood test could be at your doctor's office soon.
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Later this month in America and in coming years around the world a new blood test is set to arrive that could revolutionize cancer detection.
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A blood test currently used as the gold standard for monitoring people already under care for diabetes may have far wider use in identifying millions with undetected diabetes.
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Identifying Alzheimer’s disease is not an easy task and is very difficult to diagnose, but researchers at Stanford University have developed a blood test that will identify patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Get your DUI ticket faster and be on your way to jail in no time at all...Hmmm they never mentioned that in the article... hehe
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A popular blood test marketed as a simple way to diagnose sensitivity to certain foods is a waste of money, doctors say.
Taking blood pressure in both arms could help detect cardiovascular disease.
 All baby boomers should get tested for hepatitis C, U.S. health officials recommend.
 Prenatal test data from a big U.S. lab suggest that nearly a quarter of pregnant women are
getting a blood thyroid test regardless of whether they have symptoms. Up to 15 per cent of those who got the test had an underactive thyroid.
Panel recommends doctors stop using common PSA blood test.
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