Diagnostics – Page 4 – Healthy Skeptic

Jan 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor’s office.

Aug 11 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new generation of DNA tests for colon cancer seems likely to improve the detection both of cancers and of the precancerous polyps that precede them.

Jun 14 2010

DarkDaily

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Last week in Australia, investment insiders shared rumors that Quest Diagnostics Incorporated was interested in acquiring Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

Jun 01 2010

Boston Globe

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In a little-noticed provision buried deep in the sweeping new health care bill, Congress decreed that Medicare shall pay $97 for each test, instead of $50

May 07 2010

More Imaging-Related Studies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Imaging services have been labeled one of the "bad boys" of health care, but a review of recently published studies shows that while there are negative aspects to use of…

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May 04 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Doctors are turning to genetic testing in an effort to identify and prevent heart problems in patients who seem healthy but may be at risk because of a family history of heart diseases.

Apr 28 2010

Bloomberg

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The number of $2,000 PET imaging tests done for elderly cancer patients rose by more than one- third each year from 1999 to 2006, driving up treatment costs

Apr 17 2010

2010 Potpourri XIII

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

More exotic gleamings from the world of health care, including self-directed care, telemedicine, point-of-care diagnostics, HCA, doctor-patient interactions and socio-economic factors in health outcomes.

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Apr 08 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change inside their windpipes

Mar 30 2010

New York Times

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To truly change the nation’s chronic overuse of medical care, there will have to be a substantial change in the way patients think about health care, how medicine is practiced and how it is paid for, economists and doctors say.

Mar 26 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers at a conference said, renewing a sensitive debate about how lifestyle factors affect the disease.

Mar 24 2010

Bloomberg

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Screening women for breast cancer failed to significantly reduce the number of deaths from the malignancy, contrary to earlier findings, a Danish study found

Mar 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Medco Health is encouraging doctors to use genetic tests to determine whether drugs will work for particular patients — saving money and reducing harm caused when prescriptions are wrong

Mar 11 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Comparing the genetic blueprint of parents and their children can narrow the hunt for disease-causing genes to a handful of candidates rather than the thousands that are identified when a genome is analyzed in isolation

Mar 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A widely used test to detect blockages in the heart’s arteries often turns up little or no evidence of disease, a new study found

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