Special: Laboratory Medicine

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It just takes a little pain - the doctor often does not need more than a drop of blood for the lab. However, an illness can also be detected with other kinds of procedures.

Up-to-date news about diagnostics can be seen in MEDICA.de's Special Laboratory Medicine.

Young women at risk of having a pulmonary embolism should first undergo a ventilation/perfusion lung scan (V/Q scan) rather than a CT angiogram, conclude researchers. - Pulmonary Embolism: Nuclear Medicine Can Be First Choice

Researchers have developed microchip capable of quickly identifying dangerous and drug resistant bacteria in clinical samples. - Quick: Microchip Test for Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

Three inflammatory cytokines seem to be early biological markers of Type 2 diabetes. They may be used to predict future incidences of this diabetes among apparently healthy people. - Markers: Predicting Diabetes in Still-Healthy People

New articles (currently added): - Cell Cultures: A New Dimension for the Petri Dish
- Kidney: Antibodies Linked to Transplant Rejection

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