Getting a Blood Test (Video)
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Getting a Blood Test (Video)
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Most Recently Shared on March 27, 2012 at 4:38 pm By:
Great video to explain how easy a blood test can be (for kids) http://t.co/ZAnV6vH9
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Myshkin Ingawale: A blood test without bleeding | Video on TED.com
ted.com — “TED Talks Anemia is a major -- and completely preventable -- cause of deaths in childbirth in many places around the world, but the standard test is invasive and slow. In this witty and inspiring talk, TED Fellow Myshkin Ingawale describes how (after 32 tries) he and his team created a simple, portable, low-cost device that can test for anemia without breaking the skin.” View full resource at ted.com
Most Recently Shared on March 24, 2012 at 4:33 pm By:
RT @adarsh: Myshkin Ingawale: A blood test without bleeding : http://t.co/ZQk5RZvC Small device, massive repercussions to come.
Researchers Are a Step Closer to a Blood Test to Predict Heart Attack | Healthland | TIME.com
healthland.time.com — “Doctors can easily tell when someone is having a heart attack, but one thing they can't do is predict an attack before it happens. Even patients who come in for stress tests and get a clean bill of health often end up back in the hospital with a heart attack just days later.” View full resource at healthland.time.com
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 12:55 pm By:
Scientists devise a blood test to predict heart attack | http://t.co/kdqCq8Di
A 10-Cent Paper Sensor That Tests For Malaria And HIV | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
fastcoexist.com — “Residents of the developed world may not think twice about heading to the lab for a blood test, but things are a little more complicated in the developing world. Blood tests are expensive, and in any case, it’s often difficult to get them from testing sites to the lab. In places where potentially deadly diseases like HIV and malaria run rampant, this is a problem.” View full resource at fastcoexist.com
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RT @kannaniyyer: RT @FastCoExist A Ten-Cent Paper Sensor That Tests For Malaria And HIV http://t.co/Lg3QtYyx by @arielhs
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Most Recently Shared on March 21, 2012 at 12:23 pm By:
Myshkin Ingawale: A blood test without bleeding | Video on TED.com
ted.com — “TED Talks Anemia is a major -- and completely preventable -- cause of deaths in childbirth in many places around the world, but the standard test is invasive and slow. In this witty and inspiring talk, TED Fellow Myshkin Ingawale describes how (after 32 tries) he and his team created a simple, portable, low-cost device that can test for anemia without breaking the skin.” View full resource at ted.com
Most Recently Shared on March 20, 2012 at 7:10 pm By:
VIDEO: New blood test without bleeding http://t.co/YZqoWGBZ #ted
H. pylori bacteria linked to blood sugar control in adult type II diabetes
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Most Recently Shared on March 19, 2012 at 8:05 pm By:
Why type-2 diabetics may want to get tested for http://t.co/HUwvnbqg infection: http://t.co/d3Pb7AIR
Living Donor Kidney Transplant Story from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
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Most Recently Shared on March 12, 2012 at 5:23 pm By:
Inspiring story about how living kidney donors are #improvinglives http://t.co/vgP1kiPl
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Most Recently Shared on March 8, 2012 at 4:08 pm By:
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Mostashari: Health Affairs study flawed, misleading
cmio.net — “Writing on the Health IT Buzz blog, National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, eviscerated the study published this week in Health Affairs that concluded that electronic access to medical imaging and lab results led doctors to order more imaging and blood tests.” View full resource at cmio.net
Most Recently Shared on March 8, 2012 at 2:31 pm By:
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I’ve Lived with Type 2 Diabetes for 30 Years : Healthymagination
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Most Recently Shared on February 23, 2012 at 4:57 pm By:
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Most Recently Shared on January 23, 2012 at 4:45 pm By:
Nice break to get the blood circulating RT @aicrtweets: need some extra energy this a.m.: 3-minute office workout video http://t.co/wUBHLVX8
Quest Gets FDA Greenlight for Stratify JCV | IVD Technology
ivdtechnology.com — “Quest Diagnostics, the well-known provider of diagnostic testing and services, today announced that FDA has granted a de novo classification petition to its Stratify JCV Antibody ELISA testing service. Quest says Stratify JCV is the first blood test to get the OK from FDA for the qualitative detection of antibodies to the polyomavirus JC virus (JCV), for stratifying risk for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), an infrequent but serious brain infection.” View full resource at ivdtechnology.com
Most Recently Shared on January 21, 2012 at 12:08 am By:
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Testing for HIV Together, Hearing Results Together - NYTimes.com
nytimes.com — “Newly dating and slightly anxious, two men bared their arms for blood tests and pondered the possibility that one of them, or both, could be infected with HIV. An innovative program — called Testing Together — would allow them to hear their test results minutes later, while sitting side by side.” View full resource at nytimes.com
Most Recently Shared on January 18, 2012 at 10:00 pm By:
New approach to HIV testing: get test, hear news w/ partner – AP/NYTimes: http://t.co/X0qKa8Gx
Video - Walt Mossberg Tests New High-Tech Blood Glucose Meter - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com — “In this week's Personal Technology column, Walt Mossberg reviews the Telcare BGM, a new blood glucose meter that automatically and wirelessly uploads the multiple daily blood glucose readings diabetics take to an online database accessible via website or an iPhone app.” View full resource at online.wsj.com
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