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A Reliable Source?
July 14, 2008 9:07 AM by Amanda Koehler
Today I read an article from The San Francisco Chronicle on researchers' attempt to create an online library of human genetics on Wikipedia . There have already been 7,500 Wikipedia entries on different genes. The researchers are hoping the popular online Read More...
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Living the Truth
July 8, 2008 2:22 PM by Kerri Penno
The AMT 70th Annual Educational Program and National Meeting began with a flourish befitting the week following Independence Day, with a color guard presenting the flag and the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Following a welcome from Christopher Read More...
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Too Much Control?
July 2, 2008 8:55 AM by Amanda Koehler
Recently, CNN ran an article about company wellness programs. It discusses the benefits of having health coaches at work, encouraging employees to go to a gym and to eat right, and offering weight-loss and smoking cessation programs. The article's author Read More...
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Managing Your Friends
June 23, 2008 1:35 PM by Amanda Koehler
Last week I started writing a story for the Web site about moving up the lab career ladder. For the story, I interviewed Randall Hansen, PhD, founder and president, Quintessential Careers . I asked Dr. Hansen about some of the common obstacles laboratorians Read More...
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What Motivates You?
June 18, 2008 9:27 AM by Amanda Koehler
In his book Persuasion IQ , Kurt W. Mortensen discusses a working paper by Kenneth A. Kovack of George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Kovack researched the differences between what motivates employees and what managers think motivates employees. Here's Read More...
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Undercover Healthcare
June 16, 2008 1:54 PM by Amanda Koehler
USA Today recently ran a story on "undercover patients"-- people who get paid to fake physical illness so they can grade a medical facility's services. The American Medical Association is considering endorsing this practice during its 5-day meeting starting Read More...
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The Celebrity Effect
May 30, 2008 11:29 AM by Amanda Koehler
It seems if a celebrity or her loved one is diagnosed with an illness, it tends to get a lot of ink or television exposure. For example, actress and comedienne Jenny McCarthy has been talking about autism-her son Evan has the disorder. She's even written Read More...
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Study Compares Clinical Symptoms Vs. Lab Tests
April 25, 2008 10:16 AM by Amanda Koehler
A recent study published in the Lancet medical journal states AIDS patients in poor countries who are observed for clinical symptoms of the disease have close to the same survival rate as those who undergo lab testing. Read the whole story. As laboratory Read More...
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CDC Says Flu Vaccine Ineffective
April 21, 2008 9:41 AM by Amanda Koehler
CNN recently reported health officials from the CDC said this year's flu season is the worst in 3 years, and the vaccine was only 44 percent effective. Read more... Read More...
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CLMA ThinkLab Update
March 17, 2008 2:51 PM by Amanda Koehler
We asked CLMA to update us on the status of ThinkLab '08, to be held March 29-April 1 in Atlanta, where a recent tornado did some damage to the Georgia World Congress Center. Here's what they said: "CLMA is closely monitoring the situation in Atlanta Read More...
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Personal Politics
March 14, 2008 9:25 AM by Kerri Penno
Last month, HHS secretary Michael Leavitt (or Mike, as he goes by in his blog ) posted a comment about the urgent state of Medicare, which accounts for 56 percent of the HHS budget. Left as is, Medicare is just 11 years from going broke, Mike pointed Read More...
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Get Real
March 12, 2008 11:48 AM by Kerri Penno
After returning from the tropical vacation of my dreams last week, I am back to the daily grind. With an article to write, our Grad issue deadlining and a looming Web update on my schedule, I barely had time to register my caffeine stock was running empty Read More...
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Celebrating Lab Week
March 10, 2008 9:41 AM by Amanda Koehler
NMLPW will be here before you know it. What does your lab do to celebrate? Do you have a pot-luck dinner with your staff? Do you give lab tours for other facility employees and visitors? How about holding a scavenger hunt? Let's brainstorm together! Share Read More...
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Slow, Painstaking Work
March 1, 2008 12:57 AM by Matthew T. Patton
I wrote an editorial in 2006 about my cousin, Scarlett Parsley-Hooker, who was killed in a plane crash in Lexington, KY. The flight was a domestic short run from Lexington to Atlanta. On the morning of Aug. 27, 2006, the flight crashed while attempting Read More...
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Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Snow ...
February 27, 2008 2:34 PM by Amanda Koehler
Being that it's the end of February, we've been getting some nasty weather here in Pennsylvania. "Wintry mix" seems to be the favorite phrase of weathermen (and women) in our area. At our company, editorial staff members have the option to work from home Read More...
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