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  • Cholesterol test

    Cholesterol test

    Overview A complete cholesterol test — also called a lipid panel or lipid profile — is a blood test that can measure the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in your blood. A cholesterol test can help determine your risk of the buildup of fatty deposits (plaques) in your arteries that can lead...
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  • A Device to Monitor Lipid Profile

    A Device to Monitor Lipid Profile

    According to the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and the CDC, the importance of understanding lipid and glucose levels is paramount in reducing healthcare costs and deaths from preventable conditions.[1-3] Dyslipidemia Dyslipidemia is define...
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  • Menopause tests

    Menopause tests

    What does this test do? This is a home-use test kit to measure Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) in your urine. This may help indicate if you are in menopause or perimenopause. What is menopause? Menopause is the stage in your life when menstruation stops for at least 12 months. The time befo...
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  • Ovulation home test

    Ovulation home test

    An ovulation home test is used by women. It helps determine the time in the menstrual cycle when getting pregnant is most likely. The test detects a rise in luteinizing hormone (LH) in the urine. A rise in this hormone signals the ovary to release the egg. This at-home test is often used by wome...
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  • What to know about HCG pregnancy tests

    What to know about HCG pregnancy tests

    Typically, HCG levels increase steadily during the first trimester, peak, then decline in the second and third trimesters as the pregnancy progresses. Doctors may order several HCG blood tests over several days to monitor how a person’s HCG levels change. This HCG trend can help doctors determin...
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  • Drugs of Abuse Screening (DOAS)

    Drugs of Abuse Screening (DOAS)

    Drugs of Abuse screening (DOAS) may be ordered in a number of situations including: • To monitor adherance to substitute drugs (e.g. methadone) in patients known to be users of illict substances Testing for drugs of abuse usually involves testing a urine specimen for a number of drugs. It should ...
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  • Purposes and uses of urine drug screens

    Purposes and uses of urine drug screens

    A urine drug test can detect drugs in a person’s system. Doctors, sports officials, and many employers require these tests regularly. Urine tests are a common method of screening for drugs. They are painless, easy, quick, and cost-effective. Signs of drug use can remain in a person’s system long ...
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  • Drug Abuse and Addiction

    Drug Abuse and Addiction

    Do you or someone you know have a drug problem? Explore the warning signs and symptoms and learn how substance abuse problems develop. derstandingdrug abuseand addiction People from all walks of life can experience problems with their drug use, regardless of age, race, background, or the reason...
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  • Drug Of Abuse Testing

    Drug Of Abuse Testing

    A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, or oral fluid/saliva—to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites. Major applications of drug testing include detection of the presence of performanc...
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  • SARS CoV-2 ,A Special Coronaviruses

    SARS CoV-2 ,A Special Coronaviruses

    Since the first case of coronavirus disease, in December 2019 , pandemic illness has spread to millions of persons worldwide. This global pandemic of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is one of the most compelling and concerning global health crises of modern ...
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  • Saliva Test may be a good choice

    Saliva Test may be a good choice

    In December 2019, an infection outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, and rapidly spread around the world, having been declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020. More than 37.8 million cases were reported by October...
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  • SARS-COV-2 Test

    SARS-COV-2 Test

    Since December 2019, COVID-19 caused by severe Acute respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has spread around the world. The virus causing COVID-19 is SARS-COV-2, a single-stranded plus strand RNA virus belonging to the coronaviruses family. β coronaviruses are spherical or oval in shape, 60-120 nm in diame...
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