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Marijuana is the substance most often detected in workplace drug screenings, according to a new study. More and more employees are testing positive for drugs in workplace screenings, an increase that is concerning for some employers and safety specialists. According to a study by Quest Diagnostics, positive drugs tests have increased significantly in a two-year period between 2015 and 2017.

The idea of sunshine in a bottle vitamin D supplementation — has been promoted as a possible fix for everything from bone and immune system health to depression, dementia and diabetes, and the premise sells. According to recent CDC statistics, approximately 45% of middle-aged women and 38% of middle-aged men report taking a vitamin D supplement, and hundreds of thousands of Americans get tested for vitamin D deficiency each year. VITAL was supported by the NIH. Manson reports she received grants from the NIH, nonfinancial support from BASF, Pharmavite, Pronova BioPharma and Quest Diagnostics during the conduct of the VITAL study. Ng has received research funding from Pharmavite. Bernal-Mizrachi, Clarke and Michos report no relevant financial disclosures.

IBM is collaborating with a group of major players in the healthcare space to improve the way sensitive data is shared and make health claims and transactions more efficient – all in the form of a “blockchain-based ecosystem.” In such a busy space it’s not surprising IBM is faced with some consortia competition. For example, in April of last year, Humana and United Health Group, two of the largest health insurers, teamed up on a blockchain pilot with data providers Quest Diagnostics, Multiplan and Optum.

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has been selected as one of FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies in 2019 for the fourth consecutive year. The annual survey designated Quest Diagnostics as one of only five companies to attain Most Admired status in the "Health Care: Pharmacy and Other Services" industry category.

Good Leads has experience in generating technology sales leads with providers such as Quest Diagnostics, Samsung Neurologica , Fuji Medical, Statlife and Quality Interactions and regularly attends HIMSS and RSNA conferences in support of their IT healthcare and radiology focused customers.

Quest Diagnostics and Oxford Immunotec announced that Quest has completed its acquisition of the U.S. laboratory services business of Oxford Immunotec; the T-Spot.TB tuberculosis and the Accutix tick-borne disease testing services are now part of Quest’s portfolio of infectious disease testing services.

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced that it is scheduled to speak at the 37th Annual J. P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Stephen Rusckowski, Chairman, President and CEO and Mark Guinan, Executive Vice President and CFO will discuss the company's vision, goals and two-point strategy to accelerate growth and drive operational excellence. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Mr. Rusckowski and Mr. Guinan also will participate in a Q&A session moderated by the host analyst.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that more than 70,000 people in the United States died of drug overdoses in 2017. That devastating number broke records as the highest number for any single year in our country’s history and contributed to a decrease in life expectancy. Today drug overdoses rank as the leading cause of death for adults under age 55. DownloadQuest Diagnostics white paper about how the opioid crisis affects the workplace.

UBS initiated coverage of Quest Diagnostics and Laboratory Corporation of America on Thursday with a Neutral and Buy rating, respectively. In a report, analyst Kevin Caliendo put a a 12-month price target in Quest's shares of $90 and wrote that while he believes Quest could take market share from LabCorp and other competing reference labs, his analysis of Quest's long-term strategic partnership with UnitedHealthcare, announced in May, "suggests less switching to Quest than is expected."

A recent press release by Quest Diagnostics released new research showing that majority of adults don't know their vital health information, but would like to be able to access their health information online.