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KITIMAT, B.C. — A painter has been awarded $2,000 in damages after being subjected to a drug and alcohol test over a minor injury at the Kitimat LNG Canada project. Arbitrator Jitesh Mistry ...
For most parents, newborn screening tests are a barely perceptible safety net. But for the small minority whose babies get diagnosed with a serious but treatable illness, the tests can be lifesaving.
Roche Diagnostics is looking to a new screening tool to help women learn in a more private way if they are at increased risk for cervical cancer—a self-collection test to identify HPV.
20/20’s CEO, Jonathan Cohen, noted that this pilot with Giant also acts as a “significant step forward” in making advanced cancer-screening tests easier for people to access. The test is unlike ...
In all 6,393 participants had their polygenic risk score calculated using the test. Of those 745 had a risk score in the 90th percentile or higher and were invited to have further screening. The ...
Screening tests are critical in early detection because they can find cancer before symptoms appear, when treatment is more likely to be successful. That’s why the American Cancer Society (ACS ...
Palo Alto police arrested a man and towed his car for drunk driving because the officer mistakenly read his alcohol screening test by a factor of 10, according to a new report by the city’s ...
A screening test used as part of admissions for the majority of Canadian medical schools is being questioned. Researchers say there is weak evidence backing the Casper test, while the company ...