Last month, MLO staff attended the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Annual Meeting and Expo in Phoenix, AZ. The in-person conference was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 and...
Biomarkers that predict preeclampsia risk In a study of pregnant women in the United States, Cedars-Sinai investigators found that a specific imbalance of two placental proteins...
In pharmacology, a drug is a chemical substance that produces a biological effect when administered to a living organism. Drugs are classified in various ways. One widely used...
Whether to accept and eat candy is a widely known quandary children face. It’s the predictable cautionary tale to avoid strangers. But what happens when every day, seemingly innocent...
Despite global focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, the concern around antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has continued to grow, albeit a bit further in the background. In 2019, AMR was...
It starts with a common infection leading to a chain reaction and deterioration of a person’s health. The symptoms are aggressive — including an accelerated heart rate, fever,...
Hyponatremia, defined as a serum sodium concentration of ≤135 mEq/L, is the most common electrolyte disorder encountered in clinical practice, occurring in up to 30% of hospitalized...
Choosing a laboratory information system (LIS) vendor is an important process that will affect a laboratory for a long time. There are several factors and issues that laboratories...
An issue that comes up for me again and again are questions from primary care physicians about interpreting positive drug screens and reflex confirmatory testing. Is there a table...
