August 23, 2016 | In videos, ARUP medical directors share more about the role a large academic-medical reference laboratory plays in propelling personalized medicine. |
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August 17, 2016 | While most ticks don't carry diseases and most tick bites don't cause serious health problems, taking measures to avoid tick encounters should be taken seriously. |
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August 1, 2016 |
New Editorial Board Helps Shape the Future of ARUP Consult ARUP Consult Editorial Board members include (left to right): Fred Strathmann, Eszter Lazar-Molnar, Brian Jackson, Bo Hong, Alan Brown, and Reha Toydemir. Clients place high value on the expertise University of Utah (U of U) School of Medicine faculty members provide ARUP Laboratories in their role as medical directors for the company. |
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July 26, 2016 | The difference between a blood sample and a lung tissue sample is significant. Until recently, this was not a choice for patients suspected of having a rare form of pulmonary hypertension. |
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July 18, 2016 |
Should We Screen for Prostate Cancer? Cancer screening is like fencing in an animal: the goal is to catch the cancer/animal in order to control it. The complicating factor is that cancers turn out to be highly variable in their behavior. Imagine the slow growing ones as turtles. Fencing in a turtle will create the illusion that you’ve controlled it (“the cancer is cured!”), but in fact that turtle was never going to go anywhere in the first place. |
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July 7, 2016 | ARUP Laboratories announced that Edgar Braendle, MD, PhD, has been named CEO, effective August 16, 2016. |