Blood Testing

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December 21, 2012 — A new device about the size of a business card could allow health care providers to test blood for ...

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December 19, 2012 — Acute chest pain is one of the most common reasons people seek emergency care, and time is a ...

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November 20, 2012 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC), in collaboration with several other professional societies ...

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October 8, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ...

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October 5, 2012 — LipoScience Inc., a highly innovative diagnostic company that is advancing patient care by developing ...

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September 28, 2012 — Accumetrics Inc., developer of the VerifyNow System, the first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care ...

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August 30, 2012 — Copeptin predicts prognosis in patients with heart failure, according to research presented at the ...

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Verifynow platelet testing clopidogrel nonresponders
Feature | Nicole Fornell, Pharm D

A major issue with clopidogrel is that one-third of patients are nonresponders because they lack the enzymes to ...

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Ticagrelor, Brillinta, is the newest antiplatelet agent on the market. Ticagrelor is a reversible nonthienopyridine P2Y12 receptor antagonist that prevents signal transduction and platelet activation.
Feature | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | Nicole Fornell, Pharm D

The standard-of-care for dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) for more than a decade has been clopidogrel (Plavix) plus ...

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August 9, 2012 — CardioDx Inc. announced that Palmetto GBA, a national contractor that administers Medicare benefits ...

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July 26, 2012 — Transgenomic Inc. has announced that National Government Services, the designated Medicare fiscal ...

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July 16, 2012 — LipoScience Inc., an in vitro diagnostic company developing clinical diagnostic tests using nuclear ...

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July 16, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of ...

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Feature | Marianne Pop, Pharm.D., BCPS

Anticoagulants, primarily warfarin, are used to prevent thrombosis and thromboembolism in patients with atrial ...

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June 11, 2012 — Critical Diagnostics, a U.S.-based biomarker company focused on cardiovascular diseases, and Health ...

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