Sentences with phrase «as blood tests for»

The adolescents were at first examined in their homes after which they received intensive hearing tests as well as blood tests for the cotinine chemical, a metabolite of nicotine.

These findings suggest that miR135 could be a useful therapeutic molecule — both as a blood test for depression and related disorders, and as a target whose levels might be raised in patients.

«This study will inform development of technology for a future test that could eventually be used as a blood test for early cancer detection.

Preventive plans include various tests such as a blood test for sugar and cholesterol, pressure monitoring, cancer screening, Pap smear, HIV and genetic testing.

Not exact matches

That's because interpreting blood tests is complex and there's a good chance you could often find something «abnormal» if you are just looking for any abnormalities, which aren't as clear as one might think.

Holmes has been stripped of control of the blood - testing company she founded, is returning millions of shares to Theranos, and is barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company for 10 years, the SEC said in a statement Wednesday.

It's been a roller coaster year for Theranos, a startup once heralded as a revolutionary blood - testing company.

As Theranos continues to spiral downward, its investors are now claiming the company threatened to file for bankruptcy protection if they don't give up their rights to sue the startup over its faulty blood - testing business, Bloomberg reported.

Holmes did confirm that the company, only «as of a few weeks ago,» is using only one «finger prick» blood test commercially, but says that was her own decision, based on her desire to get FDA approval for its process.»

There are numerous services he says Linear could be selling to overseas clients such as lab tests, assays, particular medical compounding or a process that looks for a biomarker, a signal in the blood that shows whether a certain drug being trialled is working or not.

And as founder Elizabeth Holmes unveiled a new blood - testing device on Monday at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry's annual scientific meeting, it's a good time to take another look at the company.

She sat across from tech bloggers, reporters, and TV cameras who slurped up her delectable story — that she had come up with Theranos, her blood - testing company, as a Stanford freshman who was fearful of needles — and they largely regurgitated it, sometimes beat for beat.

She must return a third time for the ingestion of the second drug (misoprostol, used both in RU - 486 and the new «abortion cocktail»), whereupon she is subjected to a second pelvic examination as well as to an elaborate mix of blood tests.

Following the miscarriage the woman must return a fourth time for an examination to ascertain whether the abortion is complete; this usually entails another ultrasound examination as well as a quantitative blood pregnancy test and another pelvic examination.

Just had a spell of nausea, dizziness, fatigue while I was menstruatimg and wondered if there was a connection v I am going for blood tests on Tuesday to check how I am doing, as we are trying for a second baby, so I'd like to make sure I'm on the right road.

It also tested input products such as compost, liquid seaweed and blood and bone for residues.

As an important aside, a specialist can counsel your relatives about whether they should undergo blood tests or genetic screening for this inherited autoimmune disorder.

The programme will work to enhance the systems in the body, such as digestive function, strengthening the immune system, balancing blood sugar levels and helping the body's natural detoxification pathways.During this consultation she may also discuss the need for functional laboratory tests to fully investigate the underlying causes of your displaying symptoms, as well as the use of supplements if needed

As a coeliac, I feel your pain literally if it is gluten that's the problem... if you keep reacting like this, it could be worth asking the doctor to give you a blood test for coeliac disease — fingers crossed for you

Also consider seeing your doctor for a blood test to check your initial cholesterol, blood sugar, thyroid, vitamin B12, and vitamin D levels, as a few examples.

He wasn't as bad as my first (who had been a little early) and I didn't even want to take him to get his blood drawn for the tests.

will have better tolerance for painful procedures such as blood tests (when snuggled skin to skin with a parent)

On the other hand, if your child doesn't have an iron deficiency (your pediatrician can do a blood test to check for anemia), eats well, isn't constipated, and is gaining weight normally, then drinking so much milk isn't as concerning.

For this reason, you may want to take steps to prevent being diagnosed with gestational diabetes, especially if you know your blood sugar levels are within a normal range but the testing parameters may identify you as having gestational diabetes.

For this reason, you may want to take steps to prevent being diagnosed with gestational diabetes, especially if you know your blood sugar levels are within a normal range and but the testing parameters may identify you as having gestational diabetes.

You'll have blood tests, such as the glucose screening test to check for gestational diabetes, and you'll be offered screening tests or amniocentesis to test for Down syndrome as well as other chromosomal abnormalities, genetic disorders, and neural tube defects.

Researchers are actively at work creating less invasive tests to screen for chromosome disorders in developing babies, such as by isolating the baby's genetic material from samples of the mother's blood.

One of the key underlying reasons for the apparent misdiagnoses is an over-reliance on the results of skin and blood tests, which have become much more accessible and as a result, are being used more frequently.

Support a multi-year effort led by world - class scientists to develop a blood test for earlier detection of breast cancer when survival rates are the highest, known as the EIF Breast Cancer Biomarker Discovery Project.

If you have had two miscarriages in a row, you should see a medical practitioner for a basic testing workup for miscarriage causes, such as uterine shape problems, blood clotting disorders and possible hormonal imbalances.

It's recommended that screening blood tests for HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis should happen as early as possible in pregnancy.

Who had to take her 15 month - old hunk of chubby goodness — also known as Myles — in for blood tests.

The first week of pregnancy symptoms should prompt you to go in for a home pregnancy test or a blood test to confirm the pregnancy as these symptoms could also be due to menstruation or health problems.

Meanwhile, I am having a really hard time finding a hospital that will take me now for labor and delivery seeing as I am a «liability» having forgone this ONE test (I am also choosing to forgo RhoGam and the Gestational Diabetes screening, choosing instead to monitor my own blood sugar on my own).

She'll collect a tube of blood from the cord to check your baby's blood type and may use it for other tests as well.

If your hepatitis B status is unknown, your blood will be drawn for testing, and if you're found to be positive, your baby should receive a dose of HBIG as soon as possible.

Someone put in an IV, and blood from my arm spurted and spiraled into the air as they tried to catch it for tests.

If it still shows negative, but you are experiencing pregnancy symptoms such as feeling nauseous, eating non stop then go for a blood test.

If you are experiencing pregnancy symptoms such as constant bloating feeling, nausea then go for a blood test.

To qualify as a milk donor, you will have to complete a short phone interview and a home blood test, which they pay for.

If you are experiencing pregnancy symptoms such as frequent headaches, stomach feeling tight then go for a blood test.

Now is when you experience early pregnancy symptoms such as sore breasts, irregular spotting, vomiting, or pelvic pain, for which you should go for a pregnancy blood test for confirmation.

Your baby will also have a newborn blood spot test, also known as the heel prick test, this involves using a few drops of your baby's blood to test for one of nine rare, but serious health conditions.

STEPANNIE TOWNS: He was in the hospital because he also had another complication that kept him in the hospital so, he was there and he was getting blood drops twice a day and I'm pretty sure most of them were also being test for the jaundice as well as the other

According to Mayo Clinic, you may be offered blood tests to screen for conditions such as Down syndrome or spin bifida.

Blood tests may be done to check your overall health and to screen for conditions that increase your risk of thrush, such as diabetes.

Blood specimens which will be tested for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

Revelations that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration knew about elevated levels of the toxin PFOA in the water in Hoosick Falls a year and a half before they warned residents has led the Assemblyman who represents the village to call for a federal investigation, as well as a public forum to explain to residents the results of recent blood tests.

Many children may not be getting tested for lead in their blood in a city that has been described as «ground zero» for the lead poisoning across upstate New York.

For Allen, what he'd really like his government to clarify is what those blood test levels mean, so that as bio monitoring continues families don't have to try and comprehend form letters form the Department of Health.