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ACOG Announces New Pap Guidelines
November 20, 2009 9:15 AM by Amanda Koehler
In a week where the medical community is up in arms about the new mammogram guidelines, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) announced women should get their first Pap test at age 21, regardless if they are sexually active before Read More...
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Woman Fatally Shot at Lab
November 11, 2009 11:58 AM by Amanda Koehler
ADVANCE is sad to report that Teresa Marie Beiser, 36, of Gladstone, OR, was fatally shot at her workplace, Legacy MetroLab in Tualatin, OR, yesterday. Beiser was reportedly shot by her estranged husband, Robert James Beiser, 39, who later died of a self-inflicted Read More...
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H1N1 Vaccine Approved
September 15, 2009 3:53 PM by Kerri Penno
The FDA has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccines will be distributed nationally after the initial lots become available, which is expected within the next 4 weeks. All four firms manufacturing the H1N1 vaccines--CSL Read More...
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GARDASIL for Males?
September 10, 2009 12:47 PM by Kerri Penno
Earlier today, Merck & Co. Inc announced the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee recommended approving GARDASIL for males. The committee agreed efficacy, immunogenicity and safety data from clinical trials in males support Read More...
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CLC Writes the Senate
August 28, 2009 8:43 AM by Amanda Koehler
ADVANCE received the following press release from ASCLS: "The Clinical Laboratory Coalition, of which ASCLS is a member, has written the Senate Finance Committee after learning a 20 percent Medicare laboratory co-pay was being proposed by the Senate Finance Read More...
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(Flu) Shots for All!
August 19, 2009 12:22 PM by Amanda Koehler
This morning I read a story in the New York Times about how New York is mandating flu shots for all healthcare workers, mostly out of fear of H1N1 outbreaks. A healthcare union in the state is protesting, saying: "Healthcare workers on the front lines Read More...
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Rapid Tests for H1N1
August 6, 2009 8:47 AM by Amanda Koehler
Here's a great article from The New York Times featuring the lab and H1N1 testing. The story says rapid tests for H1N1 fail to properly detect infections more than half the time. Have you been finding this is true for your laboratory? Read More...
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Ramping Up Vaccine Production
July 17, 2009 10:58 AM by Kerri Penno
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the department will commit $884 million to purchase additional ingredients for H1N1 vaccines to further prepare the nation for a potential resurgence of the 2009 H1N1 virus. The funds will be used to place additional Read More...
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AACC Appoints Executive Editor
July 16, 2009 10:22 AM by Kerri Penno
In response to the growing number of Lab Tests Online Web sites worldwide, AACC announced D. Robert Dufour, MD, has been named to the newly created position of executive editor for the global network. Dr. Dufour is a 9-year veteran of Lab Tests Online, Read More...
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Good Eyes
June 12, 2009 2:23 PM by Kerri Penno
Jessica Terry, 18, discovered a granuloma while looking at her own intestinal tissue slides in an Advanced Placement science class in her high school, ending the mystery about her previously un-diagnosed illness. CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Read More...
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It's Official
June 11, 2009 1:45 PM by Kerri Penno
"The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic." With these words, Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), raised the influenza pandemic alert to phase 6, the highest level. With almost 30,000 confirmed Read More...
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Toxicology Awards
May 11, 2009 1:45 PM by Kerri Penno
Multiple scientists at The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences were recently recognized at the Society of Toxicology 48th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo for their contributions to the toxicology and risk assessment. Russell Thomas, PhD, director, The Hamner Read More...
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AAALAC Elects President
May 4, 2009 9:20 AM by Kerri Penno
John Bradfield, DVM, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, was elected president of the Council on Accreditation of the Association for the Assessment and Read More...
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Med Tech Program Turns 25
April 29, 2009 10:40 AM by Kerri Penno
The Medical Technology Program in the College of Health Professions at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU), Savannah, GA, marks its 25th anniversary this year. As one of two such programs among the University System of Georgia's 35 institutions, Read More...
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Job Scope
April 20, 2009 1:29 PM by Kerri Penno
Are you a healthcare provider? A Career Builder article posted on CNN and written by Rachel Zupek lists the "top jobs for night owls." Zupek theorizes some of us just aren't cut out for the 9-5 world and are simply more productive if working a night job; Read More...
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