Stories from Patients
Patients tell about their experiences with lab testing…and how lab tests helped them and their families live healthier and longer lives.
- Lead Poisoning:
"The only way to know if someone is lead poisoned…is to have a blood test. There's no if's, and's, or but's about it"
- Cervical Cancer:
"That's when it hit me that this could be something very serious…"
- Rh Factor Disease:
"Make sure you get all the facts from your doctors…"
- Diabetes:
"If you want to stay alive, you feel great about the tests…"
- HIV:
"My doctor told me to either start the medications or face the consequences of full-blown AIDS."
- Heart Attack:
"I turned the car around and headed for the nearest emergency room."
- Chromosome Deletion:
"It's like a library that has all of the books, but one of them is missing a page," said the geneticist.
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