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Blood tests
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Margaret
I zoomed into the Careggi hospital lab at 6:30 a.m. this morning. Even that early, I had 50 people in line in front of me. By 7:45, though, that number would have risen to almost 150…yikes. It’s a popular lab!
Unfortunately, since I am having some specific things tested (a few vitamins and my parathyroid [...]
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Blood Tests
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Jennifer J.
Our region has taken in medical students on an internship. This is a great idea to encourage physicians in central and northern Ontario. Six third-year medical students from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) have started an eight-month training session in Muskoka. What a great plan. In Ontario, with many folks (hundreds of thousands)s ...
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Blood Test
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Kyra A.
Fluffy’s been sick, on and off, since February. It’s not a constant thing, but a recurring thing, something I guess is called cluster febrile episodes if I’m to trust the google results, which means one has a fever, then it goes away, and then it comes back after a random period of time of more than 7 days.I called the doctor to a ...
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Blood Test
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Paul L.
I discussed below the results of the unannounced survey by our accreditation body, the Joint Commission. We are also subject to inspections by other regulatory agencies. One is conducted by the Food and Drug Administration, to ensure that our handling of blood products (i.e., blood banking and transfusion) is carried out in accordance with federal ...
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A Blood Test to Predict Menopause
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Cathy T.
Any woman approaching her 40s knows that time is not on her side when it comes to fertility. A decade before menopause , her chances for having a child begin to dip. But what if women could pinpoint when they will hit menopause, and figure out exactly how many child-bearing years they have left? That's what scientists in the Netherlands have done. ...
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Blood Test Results.
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Melting Mama
Highly exciting, my labs from last week came back.Fasting Glucose: 83 mg. (I am always about this level.)A1c: 5.6% ( Somehow I thought this would be lower, as this number corresponds with an average glucose of 121? But I have very little understanding of diabetes/glucose, etc...)Most everything else is normal, good cholesterol,...except hemo ...
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More Blood Test
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Rachel M.
Dr TL was running very late on Saturday. I don’t mind waiting for him because it is a sign that he gives his best to each patient, and sometimes it is necessary to investigate further. The usual receptionist was on holiday, and they had two young receptionists who were behaving like teenagers. Two couches in the waiting room had been removed, ...
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Fasting Blood Test Result
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Rachel M.
It was good. Yay! I’m not diabetic.The blood glucose level was higher end of normal range, and I will have another blood test in three month time to monitor it. So I feel I still need to be careful. But I really don’t know what I can do to keep the blood glucose level lower, especially when I’m not eating naughty food for diabetes ...
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