A reporter's experience with Theranos serves as a reminder of the skepticism both journalists and healthcare consumers need to have in an age when public relations, marketing and advertising try to guide the story and our treatment.
It's time for another installment of America's favorite healthcare soap opera: "As The Theranos Turns."
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Theranos is now embroiled in a criminal investigation, the Wall Street Journal reported, with federal prosecutors questioning whether the beleaguered diagnostics company misled government officials and, importantly, its investors.
Furthermore, Edison tests were run by unqualified personnel - and there were often lengthy delays in Theranos telling patients that their test results were flawed, or that or that blood samples were stored at the wrong temperature.
More scrutiny for Theranos: Two FDA reports have found that Theranos' much-touted nanotainers are actually "uncleared medical devices" that are wrongfully shipped across state lines.
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