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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...