Dispensary Corner 17 Aug 15
August 17, 2015
People will do just about
anything for Justin Bieber - or so it
seems, in a corruption case being
brought by prosecutors in the US
state of New Jersey.
A doctor on Long Island has
been accused of accepting tickets
to Justin Bieber concerts in return
for directing blood tests to a
particular pathology laboratory.
55-year-old Bret Ostrager has
admitted receiving thousands
of dollars in kickbacks, with Katy
Perry tickets also on offer as well
as sporting events, concerts and
Broadway shows.
It’s part of a major investigation
in to the blood testing facility,
with another 25 doctors also
having pleaded guilty to offences
in connection with the bribery
scheme.
A new home pregnancy test
under development in the UK
claims to eventually be able to
predict multiple births.
The product is being created by
a firm called MAP Diagnostics,
which also suggests the test will
look at protein in a woman’s urine
for issues such as pre-eclampsia,
the potential of miscarriage or
even Down’s Syndrome.
Presenting at the annual
meeting of the European Society
of Human Reproduction and
Embryology, the researchers said
they aim to develop an algorithm
based on samples from around
10,000 women, following their
pregnancies and identifying
particular proteins which
correlated to complications,
according to the UK Telegraph.
The company said it wants to
“empower parents so that difficult
decisions can be made” early in
pregnancy.
However experts warn it would
have to be extremely accurate in
order to avoid creating concern
with false positive results.
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