Robert David, PhD

Robert David Dr. David received his doctorate in Biochemistry from Creighton Medical School in Omaha and did his post-doctoral training at the Wake-Forrest Medical Center. He served as technical director for Damon/Metpath/Corning/Quest laboratories and for Quintiles, a pharmaceutical testing laboratory. He joined Metametrix in 1996 as Laboratory Director and is instrumental in developing new laboratory procedures for clinical tests, quality control, laboratory automation and the integration of new assays from research into the clinical laboratory.

Posts by Robert David, PhD

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Is my denture cream toxic?
[15 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments]

You may be thinking I am really scraping the bottom of the barrel to be blogging about dentures, but when you finish reading this post you will be thinking, “WOW, I didn’t know that!” Approximately 35 million Americans, mostly elderly, wear dentures. They naturally are concerned a... [More]

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Don't be SAD, read this blog-post
[6 Jan 2010 | 3 Comments]

Thanksgiving, commonly thought of as the beginning of the joyous Holiday Season, also marks the beginning of increased carbohydrate cravings; of increased appetites; of gaining weight; of broken New Year’s resolutions; and of depression and irritability. This is the beginning of the season of ... [More]

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Cardiovascular Disease – What more can we do?
[2 Nov 2009 | 0 Comments]

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, with nearly 1,000,000 people suffering heart attacks and 795,000 suffering strokes annually, of which about 144,000 are fatal. Even the survivors are often left with debilitating conditions or expensive surgical interventi... [More]

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So What’s Up with Vitamin E?
[9 Oct 2009 | 4 Comments]

Reading the current scientific literature on vitamin E is enough to drive a normal person crazy. One scientific study may claim that vitamin E benefits heart disease while another claims that it not only has no effect, but it may actually harm you. Since many of these studies come from prestigious universities and government agencies, who are you to believe? [More]