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	October 4, 2017	Fertility, the Biological Clock, and the AMH Hormone While slowing down a woman’s biological clock remains as futile as turning back time, reproductive medicine is finding a way to peer inside the clock to gauge just how fast it is ticking.
	September 11, 2017	Building Trust In Test Results: Sensitivity Versus Specificity Confusion about lab test accuracy is not uncommon, even among medical professionals. Much of it stems from a misunderstanding of the relationship between sensitivity and
	August 10, 2017	Nontraditional Cholesterol Test: Faster Results In-house ARUP Laboratories will now have faster turnaround time on particle-cholesterol testing, having recently moved its test in-house.
	August 9, 2017	Silent Heavy Metal: Testing Lead It is silent, but sometimes present. When exposed, a child can be anemic or hyperactive, have a lower IQ or even hearing problems.
	July 27, 2017	Focusing on the Needle or the Haystack: General versus Specific Genetic Testing Strategies Whether genetic testing is ordered in the hospital or at an outpatient clinic, the journey for providers and parents differs depending on the testing
	May 23, 2017	What You Need to Know About Thyroid Cancer Often, thyroid cancers are small and do not turn out to be serious. But if surgery takes place on a higher-risk tumor, monitoring levels of the thyroglobulin protein for 6 to 12