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The Rise and Fall of Theranos
The last few months have witnessed the unraveling of the remarkable life sciences company Theranos, culminating in the latest news that federal regulators may ban founder Elizabeth Holmes from the blood-testing industry for at least two years. The company is also facing a federal criminal investigation into whether it misled investors about its technology and company operations.
How has this widely acclaimed biomedical innovator fallen so far, so fast?
Theranos' revolutionary claim that won over investors was that it could accurately run tests using a small amount of blood taken from a poke in the patient’s finger, instead of a syringe…
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Request A Test
Whether you are lacking health insurance, need lab results fast, or want a convenient way to monitor your health, Request A Test can assist you in meeting your lab testing needs.
Walk-In Lab
WALK-IN LAB's mission is to provide affordable direct-to-consumer testing, the convenient solution for all medical laboratory needs. Committed to operational excellence with an innovative approach, Walk-In Lab offers a wide array of lab tests with or without a physician's referral, empowering individuals to take control of health care costs while monitoring their overall health. We strive to provide superior customer service with a professionally-trained and dedicated staff. At Walk-In Lab, the patient comes first.
A Medical Lab in Your Smartphone
A new app is "trying to democratize healthcare" -- in this case, through urinalysis.
Comparing The Average Cost of Lab Tests and Blood Tests
As if undergoing medical testing wasn’t stressful enough, you also have the factor of price to worry about. Medical services are not known for being cheap or affordable, but that does not necessarily mean they have to be expensive either. As a matter of fact, many medical testing facilities are making a move towards more affordable healthcare.
Direct-to-Consumer Lab Tests, No Doctor Visit Required
Home testing services like InsideTracker say they are empowering consumers, allowing them to spot metabolic red flags before they progress to disease. But critics say the services often lack proper medical oversight and convince healthy people that they’re sick, leading to unnecessary testing and treatment.
How Elizabeth Holmes' House Of Theranos Came Tumbling Down
In a searing investigation into the once lauded biotech start-up Theranos, Nick Bilton discovers that its precocious founder defied medical experts—even her own chief scientist—about the veracity of its now discredited blood-testing technology. She built a corporation based on secrecy in the hope that she could still pull it off. Then, it all fell apart.
Start-ups selling new blood tests directly to consumers raise safety and accuracy concerns
It’s part of a new frontier of medicine, where tech companies say they are using data, software and genomics to create tools for personalized medicine, letting patients take the lead without always relying on a physician.
The Rise and Fall of Theranos
How did the innovative blood-testing company fall so far, so fast?
Association of Public Health Laboratories
The Association of Public Health Laboratories works to strengthen laboratory systems serving the public’s health in the United States and globally.
Dynacare
At Dynacare, our services are as extensive as our history is deep. Our roots lie in providing essential medical testing that empowers patients and their physicians to better diagnose, understand and manage medical conditions. In recent years we have expanded our services to include advanced genetic testing, digital health, corporate wellness programs, mobile testing as well as a number of specialized services for the insurance industry.
LabCorp
Whether the needs are large or small, routine or complex, physicians and patients can depend on us for access to a full range of the highest quality diagnostic testing.
LifeLabs
LifeLabs is strongly committed to continual innovation in testing services. For our patients and healthcare providers, this means we always strive to provide access to the latest specialized clinical tests—to detect cancer for example, to monitor heart disease, identify neurological disorders and pinpoint allergies.
Quest Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care management.
Color
Color analyzes 30 genes—including BRCA1 and BRCA2—to help women and men understand their risk for the most common hereditary cancers, including breast, ovarian, colon, and pancreatic cancer. Complimentary genetic counseling is included.
LungLife AI
LungLife AI is transforming cancer diagnosis and management through AI-enabled molecular analysis of cancer biomarkers in blood.
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