#9053, aired 2024-03-06 | MEASURES $800: A blood test to measure cholesterol should calculate total cholesterol, LDLs, HDLs & these, named for a trio of molecules triglycerides |
#8899, aired 2023-06-22 | MED. ABBREV. $800: FBS stands for this type of test that measures one's glucose level at least 8 hours after eating fasting blood sugar |
#8698, aired 2022-09-14 | THE LAW $1600: All states have implied consent laws, so applying for a driver's license means agreeing to let police test this your blood alcohol level |
#8617, aired 2022-04-12 | MEDICINE $400: The A1C test measures average blood sugar over the past 3 months; at 5.7% you're pre-this, at 6.5 you're this diabetic |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $1200: In fall 2020 the 1st blood test became available for this top-10 U.S. cause of death; diagnosis by symptoms is tricky & brain scans costly Alzheimer's disease |
#8317, aired 2021-01-19 | TESTING, TESTING $1200: Cardiac rhythm, blood pressure & breathing are all monitored while you exercise on a treadmill in this type of test a stress test |
#8103, aired 2019-11-27 | PHARMACY KNOWLEDGE $800: An ill-fitting cuff may make this free test at the drugstore less accurate, so the store will sell you a home monitor blood pressure |
#7896, aired 2018-12-31 | GEN MED $600: One of these compares blood types to help determine a daddy or a non-daddy a paternity test |
#7735, aired 2018-04-06 | UNUSUAL ANIMALS $1600: The unusual blue blood of the horseshoe type of this is used to detect bacterial toxins & test drugs for purity crab |
#7612, aired 2017-10-17 | INVENTION & DISCOVERY $1600: A blood test for cancer is called a "liquid" this test; one developed in Sweden finds it with 96% accuracy from 1 drop a liquid biopsy |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | MED. ABBREV. $1600: FBS is this type of test done after a patient hasn't eaten for at least 8 hours fasting blood sugar |
#7184, aired 2015-12-03 | SOUNDS MEDICAL $600: What a nurse may do if you need a test, or a first strike proving that a battle has been joined draw blood |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | TRUE BLOOD $600: An old test for this infection "kissing disease" used a sample of the patient's blood, mixed with that of a sheep mononucleosis |
#6586, aired 2013-04-15 | YOU NEED A LAB TEST $600: One way to check for diabetes is FBG--measuring the level of this sugar in the blood after an 8-hour fast glucose |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | GIVING BLOOD $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is being prepped to donate blood at an American Red Cross blood donation center in Washington, D.C.) Before giving blood a simple test will ensure that you don't have anemia, & that donating blood won't bring it on, as you'll be giving up about 250 milligrams of this element iron |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | MEDICAL MATTERS $800: On a blood test, a level of 60 or above of this, the "good cholesterol", is healthy HDL |
#5919, aired 2010-05-13 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $2000: nytimes.com/health has a handy primer on the PSA blood test done on older gents, PSA standing for this prostate-specific antigen |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento, CA.) The Breathalyzer will test to see if I'm over this blood alcohol content; its enactment as the limit in all 50 states has saved many lives .08 |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | 1 FOR THE PRICE OF 2 $1000: Alfred & Helen Free developed a "dip & read" test so diabetics could check the level of this sugar in their blood glucose |
#4286, aired 2003-03-31 | MEDICAL ABBREV. $2000: A test used to diagnose diabetes:
FBS
(please, no eating or drinking after midnight) fasting blood sugar |
#4193, aired 2002-11-20 | BIOLOGY TEST $400: The only hormone that can lower blood sugar is:
(A) epinephrine
(B) glucagon
(C) thyroxine
(D) insulin insulin |
#4179, aired 2002-10-31 | MEDICAL ABBREV. $1000: Useful lab test which can detect infections, anemia, etc.:
CBC complete blood count |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | BE WELL $400: A test of this fluid may determine if a person has leukemia or anemia blood |
#3671, aired 2000-07-17 | MEDICINE $200: A doctor may use a hematocrit test to measure the volume of these cells red blood cells |
#3336, aired 1999-02-22 | "IQ" TEST $300: It's a device such as a bandage twisted around a limb to control the flow of blood a tourniquet |
#3144, aired 1998-04-09 | BLOOD TEST $100: People who live at high altitudes often have thicker blood, to deliver more of this gas to body cells oxygen |
#3144, aired 1998-04-09 | BLOOD TEST $200: Thromboses & embolisms are common causes of strokes, the interruption of the blood supply to this organ the brain |
#3144, aired 1998-04-09 | BLOOD TEST $300: If this factor differs in a pregnant woman & her fetus, the baby's red blood cells may be damaged Rh |
#3144, aired 1998-04-09 | BLOOD TEST $400: Doctors are again using these worms, now to remove blood clots in fingers reattached by microsurgery leeches |
#3144, aired 1998-04-09 | BLOOD TEST $500: Type O is the universal donor; this type is considered the universal recipient AB |
#2992, aired 1997-09-09 | THE BLOOD $200: Put a test tube of blood in a centrifuge, spin it, & these cells will go to the bottom Red Blood Cells |
#2516, aired 1995-07-10 | HEALTH & FITNESS $500: This test gives you your diastolic reading blood pressure test |
#1218, aired 1989-12-13 | 5-LETTER WORDS $200: As an adjective, this 5-letter word can precede bank, brother, count, group, money, sugar, test & vessel blood |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | TESTS $200: Number of states requiring this for a marriage license has declined but may go up again due to AIDS scare a blood test |
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