Reesha Ahmed of Venus, Texas, was billed nearly $2,400 for standard blood tests following her first prenatal checkup. Nitashia Johnson/KFF Health News…
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Reporter’s Notebook: Theranos And The Mysterious Walgreens Fire Alarm
by Jenny Gold March 20, 2018Enlarge this image In 2014, Kaiser Health News’ Jenny Gold interviewed patients getting blood tests from Theranos at a Walgreens in Palo…
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Enlarge this image Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty Images Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty Images Researchers say they have taken a step toward developing a blood test that…
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Enlarge this image James Harrison gets a free blood test from Michelle Mutchler with the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. The test…
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Enlarge this image The FDA says blood lead tests manufactured by Magellan Diagnostics can give falsely-low results if they are used with…
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Enlarge this image Stanford bioengineering professor Manu Prakash looked to a children’s toy to create a hand-powered centrifuge for processing blood tests.…
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Rifampin (By mouth) (Rifadin)
by explainingmedicine June 21, 2016Rifampin (By mouth) rif-AM-pin Treats tuberculosis (TB) and other types of infections. Drug classes Antitubercular (About this – PubMed Health) Uses Uses…
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Riluzole (By mouth) RIL-ue-zole Used in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease). Drug classes Central Nervous…