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Quest Diagnostics launched a direct-to-consumer service that allows users to order and pay for lab tests from home. Dubbed QuestDirect, the online service offers 35 diagnostic test packages covering general health and wellness, men’s and women’s health, and the heart and digestive system, as well as panels for infections or sexually transmitted diseases.

Most of the time, finding a colon in a vacant house would be bad or even horrific news. But not in this case.[CR-LF][CR-LF]On October 20th I wrote for Forbes about someone stealing a 10-foot-long, 150-pound inflatable colon. This wasn't a colon from one of those huge floats in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, but a colon from the Colon Cancer Coalition meant to raise awareness for colon cancer screening as part of a campaign called “Get Your Rear in Gear.” Quest Diagnostics Health & Wellness and employees of Salix Pharmaceuticals also offered money to help purchase a replacement.

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, and Marin General Hospital, a not-for-profit, full-service hospital, have entered into a definitive agreement for Quest to acquire the outreach laboratory services operations of Marin General Hospital.

How drug tests measure for cocaine[CR-LF]The good news is that the window for cocaine detection in a urinalysis or saliva test is so short that you pretty much have to be coming down from a high while pissing to be detected. This is particularly true if you’re an infrequent user. “For most drug users, it takes one to two days [to be untraceable],” says Barry Sample, the director of science and technology at Quest Diagnostics.

The University of Kansas Cancer Center says there’s now $1,000 available for anyone who comes forward with information that leads to the return of a giant inflatable colon. KU said lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics is donating funds for a new colon.