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    FDA approves first blood test that can help diagnose a concussion

    by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Feb 15, 2018 3 minutes

    The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a first-ever blood test to detect the telltale signs of serious brain injury, bringing to fruition a long quest to make the diagnosis of concussions simpler and more precise.

    After deliberations that took less than six months, the FDA approved the marketing of the Banyan Brain Trauma Indicator to aid the evaluation of concussions in adults. The speedy approval of such a blood test, after it was assigned the FDA designation of a "breakthrough" product, is

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