Uniformed Services University and Northwestern University Researchers Discover How a Hardy Microbe Resists Lethal Amounts of Ionizing Radiation
Pathology professor developed a synthetic compound based on the mighty microbe that could lead to new forms of protection from deadly radiation Researchers at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and Northwestern University (NWU) have discovered...
Employers Adopt New Alternative to Group Coverage to Cut Health Insurance Costs
ICHRAs allow companies to compensate employees for insurance purchased in individual markets and may help clinical laboratories reduce patient bad debt Both employees and their employers are frustrated with current options for health coverage. Now, a recent report...
British Researchers Discover Common Mouth Bacteria That ‘Melts’ Head and Neck Cancers
Bacteria could become new biomarker for testing patients’ reaction to cancer treatments which would give microbiologists and clinical laboratories a new tool for aiding diagnosis and in the selection of appropriate therapies In a surprising study conducted at King’s...
American Society of Radiology Leaders Identify Seven ‘Most Pressing’ Challenges to Radiology Profession
Managers of pathology groups and clinical laboratories can learn from the challenges confronting the radiology profession Members of the Intersociety Committee of the American Society of Radiology (ACR) recently met in Coronado, Calif., to discuss the “most pressing”...
Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Survey Shows One Out of Four Americans is Underinsured
Study findings highlight financial impact underinsured have on healthcare providers, including clinical laboratories and pathology groups Commonwealth Fund’s 2024 Biennial Health Survey released in November shows that not only are Americans underinsured, but many are...
Microbiologist Writes Children’s Book on Becoming a Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Encouraging the next generation of clinical laboratorians could contribute to solving current staffing shortages in the nation’s medical laboratories This holiday season brings an exciting new gift that will catch the attention of Dark Daily’s readers. It’s a...
Coming Wave of Retirees Predicted to Trigger ‘Silver Tsunami’ That Will Drive Changes in How Hospitals Deliver Care
Clinical laboratories will need new methods for accommodating the increase in senior patients seeking rapid access to medical laboratory testing and pathology services Experts within the healthcare industry are predicting existing care delivery models will need to be...
American Board of Pathology Admits to Mistakenly Failing 78 Students
Incorrect results spanned exams from 2022-2024 with those students affected by this situation stunned by ABPath’s admission There are always young anatomic pathologists who experience the heartache of failing board exams. Failing, after all, is part of the education...
UK Researchers Use Proteomics to Identify Proteins That Indicate Presence of Cancer Years before Diagnosis
Study findings could lead to new clinical laboratory screening tests that determine risk for cancer New disease biomarkers generally lead to new clinical laboratory tests. Such may be the case in an investigational study conducted at the University of Oxford in the...
UCLA Spinoff Develops AI Tool That Improves Accuracy of Prostate Cancer Assessments
Software analyzes imaging scans and clinical laboratory data to help oncologists and anatomic pathologists visualize a tumor’s extent Anatomic pathologists understand that, along with breast cancer, diagnostic testing for prostate cancer accounts for a high volume of...
American Associated Pharmacies Struck by Ransomware Attack
Clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups should consider these cyberattacks on major healthcare entities as reminders that they should tighten their cybersecurity protections Hackers continue to gain access to public health records—including clinical...
South Korean Researchers Develop Clinical Laboratory Test That Diagnoses Sepsis Faster than Traditional Tests
Diagnostic test incorporates artificial intelligence and could shorten the time clinical laboratories need to determine patients’ risk for antimicrobial resistance Sepsis continues to be a major killer in hospitals worldwide. Defeating it requires early diagnosis,...
Mayo Clinic Researchers Uses Exome Sequencing to Identify Individuals at Risk of Hereditary Cancer
Half of the people tested were unaware of their genetic risk for contracting the disease Existing clinical laboratory genetic screening guidelines may be inadequate when it comes to finding people at risk of hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndromes and Lynch...
World Economic Forum Publishes Updated List of 12 Breakthroughs in Fight against Cancer That Includes Innovative Clinical Laboratory Test (Part 2)
These advances in the battle against cancer could lead to new clinical laboratory screening tests and other diagnostics for early detection of the disease As Dark Daily reported in part one of this story, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified 12 new...
World Economic Forum Publishes Updated List of 12 Breakthroughs in Fight against Cancer That Includes Innovative Clinical Laboratory Test (Part 1)
List also includes precision oncology, liquid biopsies, and early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will be interested to learn that in a recently updated article the World Economic Forum (WEF) identified a dozen important...
University of Edinburgh Scientists Associate Increased Cancer Rates to Descendants from Multiple Scottish Islands
Findings could lead to new clinical laboratory cancer screening tests for BRCA1 and BRCA2 among specific population regions Descendants of a remote Scottish island are much more likely to carry a cancer-causing BRCA2 gene than the rest of the UK. That’s according to a...
Pathology Laboratory Cuts Lead to Worker Walkout in Australia
Underfunding of clinical laboratories has led to similar worker walkouts in multiple Australasian nations Once again, cuts in government spending on pathology services has forced healthcare workers to walk off the job in Australia. This is in line with other pathology...
Mayo Clinic Scientists Develop AI Tool That Can Determine If Gut Microbiome is Healthy
Although it is a non-specific procedure that does not identify specific health conditions, it could lead to new biomarkers that clinical laboratories could use for predictive healthcare Researchers from the Mayo Clinic recently used artificial intelligence (AI) to...
KFF Reports a 7% Rise in Annual Family Cost for Employer Health Insurance Plans
Though the cost of clinical laboratory testing is not highlighted in KFF’s annual survey, it is a component in how much employers pay for healthcare plans for their employees Employers now pay higher health insurance premiums than ever for family coverage. However,...
100-Biomarker Lab Test for Alzheimer’s Disease Developed by Team at University of Pittsburgh
New clinical laboratory test could replace conventional spinal tap for diagnosing neurodegenerative disease In a proof-of-concept study, University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) scientists validated a clinical laboratory test that measures more than 100 different genetic...
University of Colorado Boulder Scientists Demonstrate Acoustic-based Diagnostic System
Small handheld device uses sound waves to detect certain clinical laboratory biomarkers in blood samples University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a novel technology that uses sound waves to test for biomarkers in blood samples. In addition to being...
University of Michigan National Study Finds Nearly Half of Seniors Surveyed Purchased At-Home Medical Tests and Most Plan to Buy More
Clinical laboratory executives and pathology leaders may want to develop strategies for supporting the growing numbers of at-home screening and diagnostic test users Findings of a national poll conducted by the University of Michigan (U-M) exploring consumers’...
CDC Enlists Five Commercial Medical Laboratories to Bolster Avian Flu Testing Capacity in the United States
Move comes following criticism from public health experts over the federal agency’s difficulties creating clinical laboratory tests for COVID-19 Amid the ongoing outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) bird flu virus, the US Centers for Disease...
ECG Management Consultants Survey Determines US Patients Wait an Average of 38 Days for Care
Patients outside the US wait even longer to see healthcare specialists with some appointments scheduled a year out in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Data recently released by healthcare consulting firm ECG Management Consultants (ECG) reveals that patients in...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Researchers Develop Blood Test That Enables Rapid Diagnosis of LVO Stroke in Non-hospital Settings
New technique could allow emergency responders to determine severity of LVO stroke while patient is still in the ambulance Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts say they have developed a clinical laboratory test that can quickly determine...
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