The presence of narcotic substances in a person's body can usually be detected by a blood or urine test.
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Curidium Medica Plc, (LSE: CUR), the personalized medicine company focused on bringing the right drug to the right patient, announced on May 14th it has developed a blood diagnostic test that can sub-classify patients with schizophrenia/bipolar disorder into one of four subgroups.
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A simple blood test for the protein NT-proBNP accurately predicts the risk of heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and death in patients with known cardiovascular disease, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins and Yale university medical schools have found that a simple blood test to measure uric acid, a measure of kidney function, might reveal a risk factor for cognitive problems in old age. Of 96 community-dwelling adults aged 60 to 92 years, those with uric-acid levels at the high end of the normal range had the lowest scores on tests of mental processing speed, verbal memory and working memory.
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