Clinical Significance of Perineural Invasion by Prostate Cancer Clinical Significance of Perineural Invasion by Prostate Cancer
This study investigated the clinical impact of the laterality of perineural invasion by prostate cancer. How does laterality affect long-term oncologic outcomes?American Journal of Clinical Pathology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Does Giving a Patient a $75 Gift Card to Send in a Clinical Laboratory Test Specimen Violate Federal Fraud Laws? A Whistleblower Lawsuit Argues ‘Yes!’
Novel scheme by medical laboratory company to induce patients to collect and return their own specimen for testing is central to a federal whistleblower case alleging violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute Handing out gift cards only to patients who return a specimen to a clinical laboratory company for colorectal cancer screening is a unique approach […]
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Source: Dark Daily - March 6, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory News Laboratory Testing Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing AKS anatomic pathology Anti-kickback Statute Brian Boynton clinical laboratory Cologuard COSMOS Dark Source Type: news
Intellia Shares Jump as Gene Therapy Trial Gets US Regulator Nod Intellia Shares Jump as Gene Therapy Trial Gets US Regulator Nod
Shares of gene editing firm Intellia Therapeutics soared 10% in early trade on Thursday after the US health regulator cleared its application to begin a mid-stage trial for its gene therapy NTLA-2002.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - March 4, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine News Source Type: news
International Team of Scientists Develop Smart Diaper That Alerts Parents When It Is Soiled and Needs to Be Changed
Not the first smart diaper to come along, but consumers seem unready for diapers that can flag urinary tract infections and other biomarkers usually tested by clinical laboratories Will wonders never cease? For centuries, parents had only their own senses to determine when infants needed diaper changing. Today, however, caregivers can rely on “smart diapers” […]
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Source: Dark Daily - March 3, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: International Laboratory News Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing anatomic pathology clinical laboratory Dark Daily dark intelligence group Dark Report electrode se Source Type: news
Injury pathology in young gymnasts: a retrospective analysis - Williams E, Lloyd R, Moeskops S, Pedley J.
Gymnastics has a history of high injury incidence rates. However, little is known about the injury pathology in young gymnasts. The purpose of this study was to fill gaps in the literature by providing insight into the injury pathology in gymnasts aged 6 t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
University of Washington Researchers Use Genomic Analysis to Track Shigella Infections as Decreased Cost of Gene Sequencing Aids Public Health Research
Another study in the United Kingdom that also used genomic analysis to understand drug-resistant Shigella produced findings that may be useful for microbiologists and medical laboratory scientists From the onset of an infectious disease outbreak, public health officials, microbiologists, and clinical laboratory managers find it valuable to trace the origin of the spread back to […]
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Source: Dark Daily - March 1, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: International Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing anatomic pathology antimicrobial therapy CDC Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy centers for Source Type: news
Artificial Sweetener in Keto-Related Foods Tied to CV Risk Artificial Sweetener in Keto-Related Foods Tied to CV Risk
We need safety studies of long-term effects of artificial sweeteners in general, and erythritol specifically, on risks for heart attack and stroke, particularly in high-risk patients, says researcher.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - February 28, 2023 Category: Pathology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Use of the Yokohama System for Reporting Breast FNA Biopsy Use of the Yokohama System for Reporting Breast FNA Biopsy
The International Academy of Cytology has recently introduced the Yokohama system for reporting breast FNA biopsy. How accurate is its overall diagnostic performance?American Journal of Clinical Pathology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Children and snakebite: snake venom effects on adult and paediatric plasma - Zdenek CN, Rodrigues CFB, Bourke LA, Tanaka-Azevedo AM, Monagle P, Fry BG.
Snakebite is a globally neglected tropical disease, with coagulation disturbances being the primary pathology of many deadly snake venoms. Age-related differences in human plasma have been abundantly reported, yet the effect that these differences pose reg... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
(1)H NMR profiling of the venom from Hylesia continua: implications of small molecules for Lepidopterism - Villa-Ruano N, Becerra-Mart ínez E, Cunill-Flores JM, Torres-Castillo JA, Horta-Valerdi GM, Pacheco-Hernández Y.
Lepidopterism caused by caterpillar contact is considered a public health problem around the world. The local and systemic responses of this pathology include short- and long-term inflammatory events. Although the proteolytic activity of the venoms from ca... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Congress Holds Off on Enabling FDA Regulation of Clinical Laboratory-Developed Tests
Supporters of the VALID Act say lobbying blitz by academic medical centers prevented its passage In 2022, a bill before Congress titled the Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development Act (VALID Act) sought to change the current regulatory scheme for clinical laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) and in vitro clinical tests (IVCTs). But even though the College of […]
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Source: Dark Daily - February 27, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Sales and Marketing Laboratory Testing AACC AAMC AdvaMed American Association for Clinical Chemistry American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Source Type: news
Ward Stone, Wildlife Coroner Who Warned Against PCBs, Dies at 84
As New York State ’s animal pathologist, he ventured far afield to investigate the impact of toxic chemicals on humans. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Stone, Ward B Deaths (Obituaries) Forensic Science Animals Hazardous and Toxic Substances PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) Environmental Conservation Department (NYS) New York State Source Type: news
Hydrogen sulfide poisoning in forensic pathology and toxicology: mechanism and metabolites quantification analysis - Zhang J, Ma L, Liu Y, Tong X, Zhou Y.
Historically, hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) poisoning has extremely high and irreparable mortality. Currently, the identification of H(2)S poisoning needs to combine with the case scene analysis in forensic medicine. The anatomy of the deceased seldom had obvio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Detection of foreign bodies in air passages in drowning - an autopsy based comparative study between light and polarizing microscope examination - Seena M, Sreedevi C, Balaram N, Sharija S.
The diagnosis of drowning poses a difficult situation for a forensic pathologist especially when the body is in a decomposed state or mutilated. There is no objective morphologic finding which is pathognomonic of drowning. Presence of foreign bodies in the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital board of advisors funds endowed chair
Dr. Artha Gills, a UCLA psychiatrist who studies the long-term effects of early-life adversity on children, will be the inaugural holder of the RNPH Board Advisors Term Chair in Psychiatry. The endowed chair was funded by members of the board of advisors for the UCLA Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital to foster junior faculty members ’ careers in academic behavioral health.Gillis is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at theDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed specialized clinical training in adolescent mood disorders and training in the care of patients with intellectual disa...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 24, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
