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Cancer
Tests that Detect Cancer - The Cancer Cure Foundation - a nonprofit
organization providing information on alternative and integrative cancer
preventatitve and detection tests and therapies.
Genetic
Testing - Maintained by the National Library of Medicine, this site
provides a questions-and-answers page to identify changes in a person's
genes, chromosomes, or proteins. Additional resources on genetic testing
follows each answer.
Guide to Clinical Laboratory Testing - ARUP
Laboratories offers information on an extensive collection of more than
2,000 diverse medical laboratory tests and test combinations with an
in-depth, but concise, discussion of clinical significance and test
utilization.
Interpretation
of Lab Test Profiles - Authored and maintained by Edward O.Uthman,
adjunct professor of pathology, Medical School, University of Texas HEalth
Science Center - Houston, this website provides reference for
interpretation of abnormal reference values of many biochemical and
hematological tests.
KidsHealth for
Parents: Doctors & Hospitals: Medical Tests & Exams - Created
by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth
provides doctor-approved health information in English and Spanish about
children from before birth through adolescence. Also includes easy-to-read
articles with information on medical tests and exams.
Lab & Diagnostic Tests (eCureMe) - Owned by a group
of practicing health care professionals, eCureMe offers a comprehensive
listing of laboratory and diagnostic tests. Information is presented in a
simple, understandable format to educate consumers about test sample
values, purposes of testing and clinical implications.
Lab Tests Online
- A collaborative effort of professional laboratory societies produces one
of the best and well-organized collections of resources on lab testing.
This site provides patients and caregivers with a wealth of searchable
information about clinical laboratory tests, and their interpretaion,
conditions and diseases, and tests used for their diagnoses.
Laboratory Testing - Produced by a group of
pathologists devoted to educating the public about the roles of
pathologies, this site offers access to interpretations of medical reports,
laboratory tests and surgical pathology reports. Also includes explanations
of commonly used terms and overviews of diseases with references to medical
literature.
Screening
and Testing to Detect Cancer - The National Cancer Institute created
this site to provide patients and health professionals with up-to-date
information on screening and testing methods for the detection of many
types of cancer.
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