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Here’s what experts say your AMH level can and can’t tell you about your fertility. “An AMH test could be the first step. Anything that initiates discussions between you and your spouse or your significant other and your health care professional I think is incredibly valuable,” says Damian Alagia, MD, Senior Medical Director for Advanced Diagnostics and Women’s Health at Quest Diagnostics on behalf of questhealth.com.

OhioHealth, based in Columbus, signed an agreement to sell certain assets of its outreach laboratory services business to Quest Diagnostics. The parties expect the transaction to close in the third quarter of the year, pending regulatory approval. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Quest Diagnostics said on Wednesday it would acquire Canada-based LifeLabs from pension plan owner OMERS for about C$1.35 billion, or about $985 million, including net debt. LifeLabs, which provides community laboratory tests, would retain its brand, Canadian headquarters and management after the acquisition is closed. The U.S. laboratory operator will acquire 100% of the equity of LifeLabs and expects to fund the acquisition through cash on hand and debt. Quest expects the deal to generate roughly $710 million in annual revenues.

Quest Diagnostics plans to acquire Allina Health's laboratory assets at most of its ambulatory clinic sites. The company and the Minneapolis-based health system have signed an definitive agreement and expect the transaction to close this fall, pending regulatory approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed.

If it feels like you’ve been hearing more about testosterone lately, you’re not wrong. However, the question of whether or not you should get your own testosterone checked isn’t so straightforward. To put it simply, if you’re not experiencing persistent symptoms associated with low testosterone, you have no reason to get your levels checked—regardless of what they might be. “If you're otherwise feeling well, I really don't advocate just going on a fishing expedition,” says Sanjay B. Dixit, MD, medical director of cardiometabolic endocrine and wellness clinical solutions at Quest Diagnostics. “That's actually one of the key points in the Endocrine Society’s guidelines from 2018, that they do not recommend testing in otherwise asymptomatic men.”