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 ARUP medical director Dr. Marc Couturier

September 20, 2018

Syphilis Cases: Easily Treated, But Rising Every Year Since 2000, says CDC

Syphilis is highly treatable in its primary and secondary stages, but congenital syphilis (babies born with the infection) is increasing in the U.S.

ARUP medical director Gwen McMillin, PhD, in her office

September 11, 2018

Putting the Precision in Medicine: Imatinib First in a Series of Cancer-Drug TDM ARUP Plans

Dr. Gwen McMillin says ARUP's new therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for imatinib has definite patient benefits.

West Nile Virus

August 28, 2018

A Mosquito May Be to Blame for that Summer Flu: West Nile Virus’s Peak Season

It is sometimes mistaken for the summer flu—fever, chills, headache, body aches, swollen lymph nodes—but an accompanying rash may indicate a case of West Nile virus (WNV).

David Layton, Improvement Engineering supervisor

August 23, 2018

Small Changes Improve Labs: David Layton on Quality

Sharing lab improvements honestly with other laboratories is part of ARUP culture and instrumental in improving healthcare, says David Layton, ARUP.

The work was overwhelming. How could it change?

Each day, the lab had an overload of specimens that seemed to need culturing before reading. Specimen cells were put into wet media and left to divide before being processed; the

BioEyes

August 21, 2018

Something (Zebra) Fishy is Going on in Classrooms: BioEYES Turns Kids on to Science

Some Utah schoolchildren can watch zebrafish develop with the help of volunteers from ARUP Laboratories through BioEYES, a national science education program offered through U of U Health.

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August 14, 2018

Nosebleeds And Why To Test for HHT

HHT affects more than 1.4 million people worldwide. But specialists believe this disorder characterized by abnormal blood vessel development is highly underdiagnosed.

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