{"id":6809,"date":"2017-05-19T10:03:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2017-05-19T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:03:01","slug":"common-lead-test-can-give-false-results-fda-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6809","title":{"rendered":"Common Lead Test Can Give False Results, FDA Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Nell Greenfield Boyce for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Common blood tests for lead can give falsely-low results in certain cases, according to a new<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/NewsEvents\/Newsroom\/PressAnnouncements\/ucm558769.htm\">warning<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>from the Food and Drug Administration. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/05\/17\/528793444\/common-lead-test-can-give-false-results-fda-warns?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=52143508&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--WXQuNtSTEwN4qabOMw5RQXiBi5BJQoQ_9NdagXDw8p6d7DpMi5SOdSTDDDYOqRzkV3Q1Qmi5ywkwDFQcG82nyO9KXWQ&amp;_hsmi=52143508\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>\u00a0Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Nell Greenfield Boyce for NPR) Common blood tests for lead can give falsely-low results in certain cases, according to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6810,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions\/6810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}