/oss/taxonomy/term/4039/all en /oss/article/health/fasting-blood-tests-are-becoming-less-routine <hr /> <p>This article was first published in <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-fasting-blood-tests-are-becoming-less-routine">The Montreal Gazette.</a></p> <hr /> <p>For many years, people usually did their routine blood tests on an empty stomach. Inevitably, this caused a major congestion in the hospital every morning as people lined up at the blood testing centre in a queue that would spiral around corners and down hallways as people waited, sometimes for hours, to get tested.</p> Fri, 06 Sep 2019 18:45:43 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 7901 at /oss