Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

In the fall, women will be able to use an easy, self-administered test to screen for cervical cancer. With self-collection, a woman can swab her vagina in private.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 17, 2024

A blood test to analyse proteins could detect cancer up to seven years before it is currently diagnosed according to new research.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Hera Biotech is developing a less invasive, more accurate diagnostic test for endometriosis, an often painful condition that can lead to infertility.

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KevinMD.com

MAY 8, 2024

When I heard about the new AvertD genetic test, pronounced like “averted,” I was compelled to contact the CEO of SOLVD Health, the maker of AvertD, and ask him to answer some of my questions.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

Then someone discovered that the largest living thing in the world was actually the 106 acre, 47 thousand tree Pando aspen grove in central Utah, which genetic testing revealed to be a single organism. By Jeff Goldsmith Years ago, the largest living thing in the world was thought to be the blue whale.

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Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 5, 2024

New biomarker blood tests are an important advancement for researchers. But the benefits for real-world patients are more modest than all the breathless hype suggests.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 29, 2024

Risks associated with the tests have increased, requiring greater oversight to protect patients, the agency contends.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JULY 15, 2024

Lawmakers said the final rule carries “the risk of greatly altering the United States’ laboratory testing infrastructure.”

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Mass General Brigham, Emory and other providers will assess different AI models from companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 4, 2023

Providers are typically paid for each test and procedure they perform, which can lead to a conflict of interest, especially when patients have to foot the bill. New studies reveal just how widespread medically unnecessary care can be, forcing patients to pay for procedures and tests they may not need. The findings were astonishing.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

Walgreens is working with state regulators to expand the role of the pharmacist to provide more healthcare services to "test and treat."

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Scrubs

APRIL 13, 2023

The number of RN candidates who passed the NCLEX on their first try fell to 80% last year as more students struggled to pass the test. After I got done with the test, I was surprised at how good I felt. Klontz suggests signing up for the required background check while on vacation and then scheduling the test as soon as you get back.

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Scrubs

MARCH 29, 2023

A new cancer detection tool known as the “holy grail” of early detection is currently being tested in hospitals throughout the U.K., It is the first pan-cancer blood test, according to Ashish Tripathi, founder and CEO of Tzar Labs and chairman of Epigeneres Biotech, an Indian firm that first developed the test in 2021. “We

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 29, 2024

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Customized with genetic information from a patient’s own tumor, vaccines like this could one day be used against lung, kidney, bladder and colon cancer.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 16, 2024

Predicta Biosciences is using precision medicine to diagnose and monitor multiple myeloma–and give doctors insights for better treatment plans.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 23, 2024

But the lifesaving tests are a key tool in the fight against cervical cancer. Cervical screenings can be uncomfortable, embarrassing and even painful.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Cytovale has developed a FDA-cleared, rapid diagnostic tool for sepsis, and it just raised $100 million to roll it out to hospital systems across the country.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A newly published study from Sweden unveiled a blood test capable of detecting Alzheimer’s disease with 90% accuracy.

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Scrubs

JUNE 12, 2023

The biotech firm known as Grail made headlines earlier this year thanks to its signature Galleri blood tests, which can detect up to 50 different kinds of cancer early on to improve patient outcomes. The tests were hailed as the “first of its kind” when it hit the market in 2023. It’s that they simply didn’t exist.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Laboratories face a series of upcoming deadlines to comply with stricter FDA oversight of in-house tests. Here are five strategies labs can take to be ready.

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Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 4, 2024

Recent data shows that about one in three adults don’t get enough sleep. Here are three ways to fall asleep based on current trends and research.

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Scrubs

MARCH 31, 2023

They underwent various diagnostic tests, all of which came back negative. “I reached out to a physician and asked if he would order a carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning test,” she explains. The staff ran another test on the patient, which showed dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide in their bloodstream.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The doctors ran several tests and eventually diagnosed him with a rare heart disease that makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood. No one ever wants to be in the hospital, but unfortunately I developed a heart condition that kept me in the hospital for several days for tests and observations.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Experts estimate that about 20% of those who graduate from nursing school aren’t passing the test, which means they won’t be able to enter the nursing profession. Students who attended nursing school in or after Fall 2021 will be tested on this new version of the NCLEX. The pass rate fell from 88.2% in 2019 to 82.5%

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s been a few years since I first heard about the Galleri test produced by the Menlo Park startup Grail. Galleri is a blood-based screening test for cancer. For a couple of reasons, I didn’t work very hard to learn about the Galleri test. Second, I was worried that this test might have real promise.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 21, 2023

One of the most difficult things for nursing students to grasp is how to answer NCLEX-style test questions. One of the best things you can do for yourself is find yourself an NCLEX strategy guide (I used Saunders Strategies for Test Success: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX Exam ) and study it before you even start nursing school.

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JUNE 7, 2023

The latest approval frees the company from having to test its products on animals. The news comes as Neuralink is being investigated for possibly rushing the testing process. lawmakers asked regulators to look into the Neuralink panel that oversees the startup’s animal testing. As recently as last month, several U.S.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 20, 2023

The professor finally passes back the 25-question test we took two weeks ago over 450 pages of material that I studied days and days for…and I got a 79.3%. First thing the professor says is they’re collecting an assignment that was due today, not mentioned once for the last seven weeks, that was one sentence of the syllabus.

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MARCH 23, 2023

Go back to the ER and they’ll do some more tests,’” Byrnes said. She went in for tests right away and within 24 hours the doctors told her that her artery was 100% blocked, a condition known as a widowmaker heart attack. They’re like, ‘we don’t know what to tell you. The back and forth lasted for weeks.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 20, 2024

Cervical cancer is a devastating disease that costs hundreds of thousands of lives around the world each year.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Last week I wrote about Grail’s Galleri test; a test marketed as a single blood test that screens for 50 cancers. Last week’s article outlined my pretty dim view of the test. As a nation, we have embraced mammography, colonoscopy, and PSA testing as part of routine healthcare. for Grail’s test.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 8, 2024

Home Test to Treat program is closing April 16. Patients have limited options for testing and getting treatment with Paxlovid.

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Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 26, 2024

Government-centered healthcare is fundamentally anticompetitive, anti-innovation, undemocratic, and contrary to the American self-governed way of life.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But the biggest benefit was that it triggered a major expansion in health technology, such as telemedicine and at-home lab tests. […]. The threat of coronavirus has posed a number of issues in the healthcare system. The article How Will Drones Shape the Future of Healthcare? appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 21, 2024

Although fruit pouches were the fastest-growing products—with sales jumping 900% between 2010 and 2023—the researchers found they were the most unhealthy food items tested.

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Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 10, 2024

So far, at least 40 Olympic athletes have tested positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). But is it the tip of the Covid-19 iceberg?

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