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Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person at high risk of a heart attack circulating within a haystack of human serum (liquid component of blood).C-reactive protein (CRP), a molecule produced by the liver in response to inflammation, normally accounts for less than 1/60,000 of a person's total serum protein, or about 1 milligram per liter (mg/L) of serum. Recent evidence suggests that a CRP...

Blood glucose levels in a lot of patients fed normal liquid food (NLF) and a high calorie diet (HCD) were high. There was no significant difference in the blood prealbumin levels. There was a significant increase in the blood cortisol levels in some patients. The stress of surgery may be tolerated by children by feeding up to 2 h before elective surgery.A research article to be published on October 21, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. A group from Turkey...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- BD Diagnostics - Preanalytical Systems, a unit of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube, a blood collection device designed to help acute healthcare facilities rapidly analyze blood serum for patient diagnosis. "Blood test results drive many important medical decisions, including how to treat or medicate patients," said...

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Polymedco, Inc. is pleased to announce the introduction of the PATHFAST immunoassay analyzer, manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. The PATHFAST rapid point of care system utilizes a chemiluminescent technology combined with a unique separation method using magnetic particles that allows this system to report highly accurate results that compare to large platform instruments. The PATHFAST system employs...

Agreement with Medical Automation Systems, Inc. Will Add RALS(R)-Plus Module to Company's Hemoglobin and Glucose Handheld Devices MADISON, N.J., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HemoCue Inc., the U.S. point-of-care testing distribution subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), today announced that it has signed an agreement with Medical Automation Systems, Inc. (MAS) for the development of a RALS(R)-Plus module for the HemoCue 201 DM analyzer whole blood systems for...

Obesity is probably the most important factor in the development of insulin resistance, but science's understanding of the chain of events is still spotty. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have filled in the gap and identified the missing link between the two. Their findings, to be published in the June 21, 2009 advance online edition of the journal Nature, explain how obesity sets the stage for diabetes and why thin people can become insulin-resistant.The Salk...

RET-He Parameter Demonstrates Potential Value as an Indicator of Anemia Treatment Decisions for Physicians in ESRD patients on hemodialysis. MUNDELEIN, Ill., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Sysmex America, Inc. today announced that a study titled "Day-to-Day, Week-to-Week, and Day-of-the-Week Variations in Tests of Anemia and Iron Status in Hemodialysis Patients" has identified Sysmex's Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Equivalent (RET-He) parameter result as key input used by physicians to assist in Anemia...

U.S. researchers say people who regularly get less than six hours of sleep are at a higher risk of developing diabetes. The University of Buffalo report said people who are sleep deprived are 4.5 times more likely to have elevated levels of blood sugar than those who get six to eight hours of sleep each night. The findings were presented Wednesday at an American Hearth Association conference on cardiovascular disease. Impaired fasting glucose -- a reading higher than 100 -- is known as...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The 30th annual PROJECT HEALTHY LIVING, sponsored by WXYZ-TV/Channel 7, and the United Health Organization will be held Monday, March 16 through Thursday, May 14 at more than 20 sites in the City of Detroit and the six metro Detroit counties. Project Healthy Living provides free or low-cost health screening tests to individuals 18 and older. Free tests at all sites include blood pressure, height and weight, vision, glaucoma, health hazard...

U.S. researchers say older adults with impaired glucose tolerance seem at greater risk for heart disease. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, tested 58 older adults with an average age of 71, half with normal glucose tolerance and half with post-challenge hyperglycemia -- a condition where glucose spiked after a meal. Those with post-challenge hyperglycemia not only had higher glucose and insulin levels after the meal than controls had but also...