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Decades of declines in LDL cholesterol blood levels, a key marker of death risk from heart disease, abruptly ended in 2008, and may have stalled since, according to a multi-year, national study published in PLOS ONE.

Quest Diagnostics, a Madison, N.J.-based provider of diagnostic information services, has acquired medical center operator Concentra's toxicology and clinical laboratory business and agreed to serve as Concentra's primary provider of workplace drug toxicology and clinical laboratory testing.

Decades of declines in levels of LDL 'bad' cholesterol, a key biomarker of cardiovascular disease risk, abruptly ended in 2008, and may have stalled since, according to a multi-year, national study published in the journal PLOS ONE.

A total of 148 Sacramento-area workers at Dignity Health are being laid off in connection with the health system's pending sale of its nonhospital clinical laboratory draw and testing stations to Quest Diagnostics.

Largest study of LDL blood levels, based on tests of nearly 105 million Americans, suggests improvements in cardiovascular health may have stalled in recent years Largest study of LDL blood levels, based on tests of nearly 105 million Americans, suggests improvements in cardiovascular health may have stalled in recent years /PRNewswire/ -- Decades ... (more)

An analysis of laboratory data from Quest Diagnostics shows that a decades-long decline in low-density lipoprotein, also known as bad cholesterol, came to a halt.

's stock had its "hold" rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Group in a research note issued on Monday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

New York State has reached a settlement with Quest Diagnostics, one of the world's largest providers of medical diagnostic testing, information and services, to ensure applicants for employment are not automatically disqualified based on prior arrests or criminal convictions and without considering mitigating factors.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks in a note issued to investors on Friday, ARN reports.

David Dexter wears three hats: general manager of joint ventures for Quest Diagnostics operations in Arizona; president and CEO of Sonora Quest Laboratories LLC, a joint venture between Quest Diagnostics and Banner Health; and president and CEO of Laboratory Sciences of Arizona LLC, which manages the labs for the 13 Banner Health hospitals in ... (more)

New York State has reached a settlement with Quest Diagnostics, one of the world's largest providers of medical diagnostic testing, information and services, to ensure that applicants for employment are not automatically disqualified based on prior arrests or criminal convictions and without considering mitigating factors.

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