Preexisting High Cholesterol in Pregnancy Linked to Elevated CV Risk
Researchers urge clinicians to integrate lipid management into prenatal care to mitigate elevated obstetric complications and cardiovascular risks.
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Blood Samples May Point to Severity of Preeclampsia
A Brazilian study used metabolomic analysis to identify metabolic alterations associated with different severities of preeclampsia.
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Faster Blood Processing Could Improve Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis During Pregnancy
A study found that faster blood processing could double the detection of gestational diabetes, reducing complications for mothers and babies.
Ovarian Cancer Test Gets CPT Code and Preliminary Payment Determination from CMS
ClearNote’s ovarian cancer test has been issued a new CPT code by the AMA and preliminary reimbursement rate determinations from CMS.
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Blood Test Predicts 30-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risks for Women
A study found that elevated blood levels of LDL cholesterol, Lp(a), and CRP significantly increase long-term cardiovascular risk.
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Researchers Explore Emerging Solutions for Early Endometriosis Diagnosis
Endometriosis affects over 11% of women and remains challenging to diagnose early, with researchers exploring new diagnostic methods.
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Prenatal Exposure Syndromes Can be Accurately Diagnosed
Researchers are using advanced AI technology, EpiSign, to diagnose rare genetic diseases and prenatal exposure-related birth abnormalities.
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Prenatal Genetic Screening Won’t Lead to ‘Designer Babies’
Gattaca Genomics aims to enhance family-building through advanced prenatal genetic screening, increasing the success rates and access.
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Home Test Reveals Risk of Heart Attack in Five Minutes
A new home-based questionnaire can identify individuals at high risk of heart attacks with the same accuracy as clinical blood tests.
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Cell-Based Non-Invasive Prenatal Test Uses Simple Maternal Blood Draw
Menarini Silicon Biosystems presented a study, about its advanced non-invasive prenatal testing technology using maternal blood.
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Blood Test Can Help Predict Risk of Sleep Apnea
Measuring blood levels of homocysteine can help predict the risk and progression of obstructive sleep apnea.
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Better Congenital CMV Screening Needs More Awareness, Legislative Action
Recent advancements in congenital CMV (cCMV) screening underscore the need for enhanced awareness and legislative action.
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New Test Rapidly Diagnoses Toxoplasma Infection
The test monitors pregnant women for Toxoplasma gondii infections, and detects infections within 30 minutes from a finger-prick.
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Accounting for Self-Reported Race in Prenatal Screening Is Vital
Labs should consider self-reported race when screening for open neural tube defects to improve prenatal care equity for Black individuals.
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First Trimester Screening Test Assesses Preeclampsia Risk
Labcorp has introduced a first trimester preeclampsia screening test to assess preeclampsia risk between 11- and 14-weeks’ gestation.
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PinkDX to Develop Diagnostics that Address Women’s Unmet Medical Needs
PinkDx, an early-stage company focused on positively impacting the health of women, launched with $40 million in Series A financing.Â
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How New Machine Learning Models Can Help Diagnose Women’s Heart Disease
Researchers in the U.S. and the Netherlands have now used a large dataset to build more accurate cardiovascular risk models.
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Making the Case for New Biomarker-based Assays
Clinicians can now use two new biomarker-based assays in combination to determine which patients are at higher risk for poor outcomes.
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