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    An educational program for patients with blood cancers and their caregivers was found to improve communication between both groups and their doctors, according to a study published in the Journal of Cancer Education. This single-arm, pre-post study used self-report surveys to assess the acceptability and impact of a training video for patients and caregivers. The training video was designed to model strategies for patient-provider communication using the PACES method and relay information about cancer

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    The FDA announced that it has designated a recall of blood tests for cardiac troponin shown to produce false negatives for MI as class I, the most serious kind.On May 25, Quidel Cardiovascular Inc. recalled its cardiac panels (Quidel Triage Cardiac Panel; Quidel Triage Cardiac Panel, Troponin I; and Quidel Triage Cardiac Panel, CK-MB and Troponin I) after it received reports of inaccurate tests

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