eileen

ESA Biosciences is launching a new FDA-cleared test to assess vitamin D sufficiency. Vitamin D deficiency is at epidemic proportions in the general population, yet recent studies link it to conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and autoimmune disorders - to depression, stroke, and several forms of cancer. Consequently, physicians are ordering vitamin D tests in record numbers, straining the send-out budgets of many labs. Finally, there's a practical, cost-effective alternative for clinical labs that offers significant improvements over other methodologies: the ESA Biosciences Vitamin D HPLC Test for the determination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in serum or plasma. The ESA test, comprising reagent kit and test system, detects each form of vitamin D individually and automatically reports total 25(OH)D, with none of the antibody or protein-binding specificity issues associated with existing assays. The ESA Vitamin D HPLC Test provides accurate and specific results as demonstrated through comparison with other methods (HPLC-UV and LC-MS), but offers simplified extraction and lower sample-volume requirements. The ESA assay is reimbursable (CPT code 82306).

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Don Smith

And here is another reason that doctors should order even more vitamin D (25-OH-D) tests.

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