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Oh shizz.

700+ patients at the Buffalo Veterans Administration Center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C because of accidental reuse of insulin pens. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?

Of course, the hospital is trying to downplay this egregious lapse in judgment by saying

Tags: accident, cause, change, hiv, hospital, patient, patients, problem, problems, risk, test

Major League Baseball has some of the most intensive drug testing in the world of professional sports.

And it's about to get even more intense.

Starting in 2013, the MLB is going to test each player by drawing all of their blood and holding it overnight. If they die, they're juicing up.

JK! LOLz! We totally had you going.

What they're actually doing is starting in-season testing for human growth hormone (HGH).

Tags: baseball, blood, drug, game, games, intense, major league baseball, mlb, play, player, players, professional, season, sport, sports, star, test, win, world

No amount of genetic testing on a monster's body is going to bring back all the innocent lives lost in Newtown, but it just might help prevent others from occurring.

Whether your stance lands somewhere between a gun ban or giving guns to everyone, we think we're pretty okay with science taking a crack at it. We're just afraid that there will be a knee jerk reaction if they think they find something. Plus, what happens if they don't?

Sometimes you just can't find the reasons in the senseless, no matter how hard you look.

Here's what they might look for, according to someone involved with the plans:

Tags: adam lanza, christmas, dna, fight, fighting, illness, men, newton, police, prevent, problem, test, working

Well, this sucks: Chlamydia is on the rise in the U.S., and rates continue to climb in 2011.

This is referring to those that are diagnosed, of course, as there's no real way of knowing how bad the issue is with those who aren't. The jump in diagnosis is probably because of increased screening and more sensitive tests. Better news is that

Tags: brain, cause, cdc, change, diagnosed, gay, health, heart, increase, serious, sex, test

Brooke Burke is one lucky lady!

It feels like we literally just mentioned that she had thyroid cancer.

She had surgery to remove her thyroid, hoping to remove all the cancer.

We're now surprised and glad to say she is already cancer free!!

She said:

Tags: brook burke, cancer, family, happy, health, life, recovery, results, success, surgery, test, thyroid, win

Here's the thing about legalizing pot — how do you stop people from driving when there isn't a good way of testing like breathalyzers do for alcohol? How do you convey to someone that they're "too high" to drive, when it isn't really quantifiable?

It's just super hard to determine whether or not someone is too high to drive because

Tags: active, alcohol, avoid, blood, colorado, drive, driving, high, legal, smoking, test, testing, weed

Most of the time, the people who are getting tested for HIV are those who are at risk.

But the the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) believe that everyone should be tested routinely!

Tags: adults, aids, awkward, cause, cdc, cholesterol, diagnosed, disease, doctor, drug, gay, health, help, hiv, people, prevent, risk, routine, sex, test, testing, treat