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Company will launch the VetScan(R) VSpro Coagulation Analyzer and VetScan Canine Heartworm Rapid Test at the largest Veterinary Conference in North America UNION CITY, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis instruments for both the medical and veterinary markets, announced today that it will launch the VetScan VSpro Coagulation Analyzer and VetScan Canine Heartworm Rapid Test at the North...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq: AMGN) today released updated results from the ongoing, open-label extension study of the long-term safety and efficacy of Nplate(TM) (romiplostim) in adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Chronic ITP is a chronic and serious autoimmune disorder characterized by lower than expected platelet counts in the blood, sometimes leading to serious bleeding events. The results were presented today as...
By Alysa Landry, The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M. Aug. 3--ALBUQUERQUE -- Two cable-knit sweaters, one white and one red, formed a makeshift pillow on which Jessica Mitchell, of Aztec, rested her head as she waited in an otherwise colorless examination room Tuesday morning at the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital. Her face and lips were just as pale -- a telltale sign that she needed a blood transfusion. Jessica, 16, has leukemia. The cancer, which means "white blood" in...
WASHINGTON, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott will preview an upcoming addition to the CELL-DYN(R) family of hematology instruments, the Emerald(TM), at the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting this week. The Emerald is designed to be a valuable tool for performing complete blood counts (CBCs) -- a test frequently ordered by doctors to assess a patient's overall health and to screen for a variety of disorders such as anemia and infection. The Emerald has...
By Auer, Rebecca Infection is the most common cause of neutrophilia, says Dr Rebecca Auer Neutrophilia is an increase in circulating neutrophils above that expected in a healthy individual of the same age, sex, race and physiological status. TMs represents an increase in the neutrophil count above 7.5 ? 1e'/1 and is one of the most frequently observed changes in the FBC. It is usually due either to a redistribution of white cells or an increase hi bone marrow output. Neutrophilia can occur...
LOVELAND, Colo., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Heska Corporation ("Heska"), a leading provider of advanced veterinary diagnostic and specialty veterinary products, announced the official introduction of its new HemaTrue(TM) Veterinary Hematology Analyzer today at the 144th Annual American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention in Washington, DC. A significant upgrade to the company's CBC-Diff(TM) analyzer, the HemaTrue(TM) Veterinary Hematology Analyzer is the latest...
TURIN (Reuters) - Eight Nordic skiers at the Winter Olympics have been suspended for five days after tests showed they had an abnormally high red blood cell count, the International Ski Federation (FIS) said on Friday. Sean Crooks (Canada), Sergey Dalidovich (Belarus), Jean Marc Gaillard (France), Alexsandr Latzukin (Belarus), Natalia Matveeva (Russia), Kikkan Randall (U.S.), Evi Sachenbacher (Germany) and Leif Zimmermann (U.S.) were shown to have abnormally high hemoglobin values,...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new study show that individuals with high white blood cell (WBC) counts appear to have a higher risk of death from all types of cancer, a multicenter team reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Dr. Anoop Shankar of the National University of Singapore and colleagues conducted a study of 3,189 subjects in the Blue Mountains region, west of Sydney, Australia. The subjects were between 49 and 84 years old and free of cancer at study...
