Health and Medical Guide to Diagnostic Tests Laboratory Tests Health information topics about Laboratory Tests: Children 1. Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/testtips/kidtips.html 2. Complete Blood Count Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest4.html 3. I Had a Lab Test! American Society for Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/labtest/ 4. Screening Tests for Children (Up to 12) American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/b_children.html 5. Screening Tests for Newborns and Infants American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/a_newborn.html Coping 1. Tips on Blood Testing American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/testtips/bloodtips.html 2. Test Preparation: Your Role American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/features/test_prep.html 3. Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/features/coping.html Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Glossary Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/consumer-glossary.html Directories 1. Laboratory Directory-GeneReviews Children's Health Care System, Seattle http://www.genetests.org/servlet/access?id=8888891&key=xW0l31Z2a4hTc&fcn=y&... 2. Accredited Laboratory Search College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=labs_accred_by_cap... National Institutes of Health 1. Interpreting Laboratory Test Results National Cancer Institute http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_27.htm Overviews 1. Understanding Your Tests American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/index.html 2. Lab Tests Online American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/ 3. Lab Tests Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/consumer-lab.html 4. Common Tests American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/testtips/commontests.html 5. A Pathologist Is... American Society for Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/pathologist.asp 6. Why Doctors Order Laboratory Tests Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest2.html Prevention/Screening 1. Screening Tests for Young Adults (Ages 18-29) American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/c_youngadult1.html 2. Screening Tests for Adults (Ages 30-49) American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/d_adult.html Related Issues 1. Buying Diagnostic Tests from the Internet: Buyer B Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/buyerbeware.html 2. FDA Clears First of Kind Genetic Lab Test Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/new01149.html 3. Helping You Identify Quality Laboratory Services Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos... 4. Home-Use Tests Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/consumer-homeuse.html 5. Reference Ranges & What They Mean American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/features/ref_ranges.html 6. Where Lab Tests Are Performed American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/lab/labtypes.html Seniors 1. Screening Tests for Adults (50 and Up) American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/e_over50.html 2. Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tes American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/testtips/elderlytips.html Specific Conditions 1. Urine Tests Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest7.html 2. 24-Hour Urine Collection National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/procdiag/24hr.pdf 3. Basic Metabolic Panel American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/bmp/bmp.html 4. Blood Culture American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/blood_culture/test.html 5. Comprehensive Metabolic Panel American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cmp/cmp.html 6. Electrolytes Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest5.html 7. Stool Tests Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest8.html 8. Understanding Your Complete Blood Count National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/cbc97.pdf Teenagers 1. Screening Tests for Teens American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/c_youngadult.html   Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. 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