A Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index (TM) Special Report found that both hair and urine test data show dramatic declines in cocaine and methamphetamine use since 2005. The data also show that hair testing has found dramatically more use of the two substances than revealed by urine alone. To view the report click here.

A genetic variation that may indicate a patient’s risk of developing a potentially life-threatening blood disorder if exposed to certain pharmaceutical therapies or chemicals is one of several medical discoveries Quest Diagnostics scientists will present during the 51st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, December 5-8, 2009, in New Orleans, LA. For a complete list of the company's 17 presentations, click here.

As the world's leading diagostics company, Quest Diagnostics is uniquely qualified to provide insights into the impact of the pandemic flu virus. For more information, please read our Quest Diagnostics Health Trends(TM) Reports on H1N1 or visit our Influenza Testing Web Site.

Quest Diagnostics is empowering the nation’s physicians to immediately and easily embrace ePrescribing by turning on ePrescribing for all interested Care360 Labs & Meds Users and inviting all U.S. physicians to use Care360™ ePrescribing risk-free for six months. And the new Care360 Mobile Application allows physicians to ePrescribe from the convenience of their iPhones™. For the multimedia press release, click here.

Today, more than 150,000 physicians use our Care360 (TM) suite of connectivity solutions to order lab tests, prescribe drugs and share clinical information with other healthcare providers quickly and securely. Because Care360 is interoperable and is used by physicians thousands of times each day, it represents a vital part of the national healthcare information infrastructure. To learn more about how our Care360 solution helps physicians enhance patient care, click here.

National Business Group on Health (NBGH) has awarded its 2009 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles Platinum Award to Quest Diagnostics for its HealthyQuest employee wellness program, recognizing the company's wellness program for the fifth consecutive year. The Platinum Award is presented to NBGH member companies that have established employee wellness programs with measurable success and documented outcomes.

Watch our video "Vitamin D Testing -- Why it Matters, How it's Done" to learn about differences in Vitamin D testing techniques.

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As the only laboratory partner with Google (TM) Health, we make it easy and convenient for people to manage their lab results and other health information in their personal health record. We also enable consumers to buy a limited menu of tests, directly for themselves, to monitor their health and wellness here.

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