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Free Webinar Tomorrow
April 30, 2008 8:44 AM
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Amanda Koehler
We received the following e-mail from Swisslog: Swisslog presents Free Webinar to Clinical Laboratory Professionals featuring Pneumatic Tube System Product Manager, John Kennedy Swisslog Healthcare Solutions (Denver, CO), a provider of hospital material
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Artificial Blood Risks
April 29, 2008 3:28 PM
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Kerri Penno
The FDA is under fire today, in the wake of a report released in JAMA yesterday, detailing the organization approved artificial blood substitute trials even after studies showed the products increased risk of heart attack and death. "It's hard to understand,"
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YouTube and Vaccines
January 18, 2008 1:54 PM
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Amanda Koehler
YouTube.com has become an Internet hotspot since its creation almost 3 years ago. Web surfers can go to the site to watch music and comedy videos, along with personal videos posted by members. A new study found people are also getting vaccination information
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Dolly for Dinner?
January 16, 2008 1:49 PM
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Kerri Penno
When dining out, we choose our wines by variety, and the year and region in which they were produced. How would you like to choose your steak the same way? If you think 2007 was a particularly good year for beef, you're in luck. The FDA has deemed meat
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What Will the Future Bring?
January 4, 2008 11:14 AM
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Kerri Penno
As I was browsing some of the other ADVANCE blogs, I was struck by the commonality of themes between healthcare professions. It seems the different disciplines face many of the same issues (e.g., staffing problems, budget crunches, boosting productivity
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Stem Cell Breakthroughs
December 12, 2007 3:00 PM
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Kerri Penno
In November, a team of researchers reported they had genetically reprogrammed human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells. Time magazine recently called this and other stem cell breakthroughs the top scientific discovery
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A New Record
November 13, 2007 2:19 PM
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Kerri Penno
CNN is running an Associated Press story about Chlamydia. Apparently, more than 1 million cases of the sexually transmitted disease were reported in the U.S. last year: the most cases ever reported for an STD. And it doesn't stop with Chlamydia. Rates
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Bookmark This: The Fritsma Factor
November 12, 2007 12:08 PM
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Matthew T. Patton
George Fritsma , MS, MT (ASCP), lab practitioner, associate professor and author, recently launched an online, interactive hemostasis resource known as The Fritsma Factor . Designed for laboratory practitioners to share information and knowledge, the
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At Least I'm Not Digging Ditches
October 24, 2007 12:25 PM
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Matthew T. Patton
More than once recently I have felt like my head is going to pop off. We've been doing so many things here at ADVANCE at a frenetic pace. We decided to redesign our entire Web site (including adding this blog) and go to full color in print (coupled with
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