Critical Values - - Patient Care University of Washington Laboratory Medicine
Critical values are those results that indicate a high risk of morbidity or mortality in the absence of rapid intervention to treat the abnormal …
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On the Horizon: Using Pap Tests to Screen for Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers
The Pap test , also called a Pap smear, detects changes in the cells of a woman's cervix. The test has been used successfully to routinely sc…
HIV & AIDS Information :: Treating everyone diagnosed would not end HIV in US gay men, Los Angeles-based model finds
Increasing HIV testing frequency, and giving everyone antiretroviral therapy (ART), would not in themselves reduce HIV prevalence in US gay men,…
HIV & AIDS Information :: CMV replication associated with increased mortality risk in Thai patients starting HIV therapy
Ongoing cytomegalovirus (CMV) replication is associated with an increased mortality risk for people who start antiretroviral therapy with a low …
White blood cell (amebiform)
White blood cells from the urinary sediment in a patient with acute cystitis. There is an ameboid white blood cell. Unstain, X400. White blood…
HIV 'made' new deadly Salmonella - study
Health and science reporter, BBC News A new strain of deadly Salmonella may have emerged in the wake of HI…
Know better, choose better: 9 things about mammograms
The facts are clear. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among African-American women. And black women’…