Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: April 23 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: Only 20 percent of renal and bladder cancer patients will show a significant response to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy, and no test currently available accurately predicts ICI response. We...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: May 7 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: To standardize international normalized ratio (INR) measurements and improve data integrity by enabling electronic result transmission for warfarin monitoring, two point-of-care (POC) devices were...
Week in Review: February 17 - Insights
Today's Highlights Include: CDC adds COVID vaccine to routine immunization schedule for kids and adults, Governments target medical debt with COVID relief funds and Minnesota being the 1st state to screen all newborns for serious viral...
Week in Review: March 24 - Insights
Today's highlights include: End of Covid emergency will usher in changes across the US health system, vaccine makers prep bird flu shot for humans ‘just in case’; rich nations lock in supplies, and a nuclear power plant leaked contaminated...
Week in Review: March 10 - Insights
Today's Highlights Include: University of Minnesota, State health department launch scholarship for public health studies, diabetes and obesity are on the rise in young adults, A study says, and U.S. to lift Covid testing requirements on...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: August 29 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: The landscape of parasitic infections in the United States.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: February 6 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging arthropod-borne flavivirus, transmitted by Ixodes spp. ticks, which has been associated with neuroinvasive disease and poor outcomes.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: December 19 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: R0 resection and radiation therapy have been associated with improved overall survival (OS) in patients with thymic carcinoma (TC). Here, we analyzed which subgroups of patients derive the greatest...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 19 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Autopsy validation of progressive supranuclear palsy-predominant speech/language disorder criteria.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: October 12 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Effect of urate-elevating inosine on early Parkinson disease progression: The SURE-PD3 randomized clinical trial.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: June 7 - Insights
Featured abstract: Nuclear GSK-3β and oncogenic KRas lead to the retention of pancreatic ductal progenitor cells phenotypically similar to those seen in IPMN.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: December 6 - Insights
This week's research roundup features: Clinical impact of KIR haplotypes in 10/10 HLA-matched unrelated donor-recipient pairs undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: March 7 - Insights
This week's Research Roundup features: Membranous nephropathy in syphilis is associated with neuron-derived neurotrophic factor.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: December 8 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: The management of cancer symptoms and treatment-induced side effects with cannabis or cannabinoids.
Transfusion Safety in 2022: Experienced Phlebotomists and Electronic Systems are Key - Insights
This “phlebotomy webinar” will provide basic information on blood compatibility, the consequences of incompatibility and the recognition of an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction.
Blood Cultures: Practice, Utilization, and Challenges - Insights
This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will discuss types, sets, draws, and automated instruments for blood cultures.
Week in Review: January 27 - Insights
Topic highlights include: FDA considers major shift in COVID vaccine strategy, DNA from blood samples could help early cancer detection, Wisconsin researchers say, CDC informs staff of reorganization after pandemic criticisms
Preanalytical Variables - Insights
This "Phlebotomy webinar" will review the most common preanalytical variables that lead to blood specimen re-collection in the hospital environment.
Autoimmune GI Dysmotility - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Identifying GI dysmotility as autoimmune-mediated is extremely important because patients treated with immunotherapy can see a dramatic improvement, going from persistent nausea, vomiting, and weight loss to feeling normal within a few...
Magically improving the patient experience - Insights
This "Phlebotomy Webinar" will enhance the user’s knowledge regarding how the secrets of magicians can be used to reduce patient fear and anxiety associated with hospital and clinic visits. Attendees will be provided with research studies...
Single Gene Sarcoma Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
In cases where comprehensive NGS analysis cannot be performed or the diagnosis is highly suspect, we also offer a variety of single-gene fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) tests
See how our unique panel includes testing for antibodies proven to be associated with paraneoplastic or cancer-associated retinopathy.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: September 5 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: 16S rRNA gene PCR/Sequencing of heart valves for diagnosis of infective endocarditis in routine clinical practice.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: June 20 - Insights
This week's research roundup feature: Career decisions, training priorities, and perceived challenges for anesthesiology residents in the United States.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: May 2 - Insights
This week's Research Roundup feature: Head-to-head comparison of MR elastography-based liver stiffness, fat Fraction, and T1 relaxation time in identifying at-risk NASH.
Mission not impossible: Overcoming challenging pediatric draws - Insights
This “Phlebotomy Webinar” covers real-life challenging scenarios that arise in the clinical setting. Four unique case studies are presented, and suggestions are discussed on how to help and respond in these situations to support the...
This “phlebotomy webinar” will walk learners through the quality improvement methodology and describe PDSA cycle interventions that were implemented in this unit which successfully reduced the amount of canceled labs due to specimen...
Annual screening for latent tuberculosis in healthcare workers: No longer required - Insights
This "Phlebotomy Webinar" presentation will review the methods available to detect latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), including the classic tuberculin skin test and the more recently...
Autoimmune Myelopathy - Insights
This “Specialty Testing” webinar will describe the clinical, radiologic, and serologic characteristics of autoimmune myelopathies and their mimics.
Phlebotomy COVID-19 Process - Insights
This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will focus on the role of the phlebotomist and the changes adapted to provide service safely to COVID positive patients in different service areas (ED, ICU vs General floors).
Pediatric Phlebotomy with Pain Management: Creating an Optimal Experience - Insights
This “Phlebotomy” webinar reviews: Having a medical procedure or a lab draw can be fearful for children. Even if it is their first time or they have had a bad past experience, there are ways to make these procedures easier for children.
Capillary Puncture vs. Venipuncture: Advantages and Limitations to Using Capillary Blood - Insights
This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will review the physiologic differences between capillary and venous blood, and discuss advantages and limitations to each specimen type.
Using Phlebotomy Quality Metrics to Improve Patient Care - Insights
This “Phlebotomy Webinar" will discuss the what and why of quality metrics and indicators and how to determine which indicators to monitor.
Molecular Mitochondrial Testing [Test in Focus] - Insights
The diagnosis of mitochondrial disease can be particularly challenging as the presentation can occur at any age, involve virtually any organ system, and be associated with widely varying severities. Due to the considerable overlap in the...
Small Fiber Neuropathy: Diagnosis and Treatment - Insights
This “Specialty Testing” webinar will discuss the considerations physicians must weigh when evaluating suspected neuropathy patients with special emphasis put on small-fiber neuropathy and the most appropriate laboratory testing related to...
Improved Diagnosis of Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy by Combinatorial Immune Assays - Insights
This “Specialty Testing” webinar will discuss the diagnosis, pathological understanding, and current best treatment options for necrotizing autoimmune myopathy.
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” James Hernandez, M.D., expresses the importance of safety and why it is integral in processing and phlebotomy.
They Did "WHAT?!" Capturing Patient Experience to Increase Patient Satisfaction - Insights
This “Phlebotomy” webinar will discuss how a patient’s “experience” is the entirety of all the interactions that person has had within the health care system. Each member of a health care team plays a role in enhancing patient satisfaction,...
The Role of CSF in Alzheimer's Disease - Insights
This "Specialty Testing" webinar will discuss Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which has been used in research on Alzheimer's disease for decades. Only recently, have platforms been developed to standardize measurements across laboratories.
Tips & Tricks for Difficult Sticks - Insights
This "Phlebotomy webinar" focuses on the origins of difficult collections and the situations that result in them.
Week in Review: February 10 - Insights
Today's Highlights Include: USDA proposes new nutrition standards for school meals, virtual care system designed for COVID-19 grows into a multiuse digital health tool, and Mayo Clinic explores use of artificial intelligence. Is It Hype Or...
Autoimmune Myelopathy Evaluation [Test in Focus] - Insights
Patients with autoimmune myelopathy present with subacute onset and rapid progression of spinal cord symptoms (weakness, gait difficulties, loss of sensation, neuropathic pain, and bowel and bladder dysfunction). Autoimmune myelopathy...
Hematology Archives - Insights
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The following on demand education is related to Hematology, which is a key subfield within the medical laboratory science (MLS), focusing on the study of blood and blood-forming tissues to diagnose and monitor disorders such as anemia,...
Week in Review: March 31 - Insights
Today's Highlights Include: US FDA seeks to allow salt substitutes in everyday foods, radioactive water leaks at Minn. nuclear plant for 2nd time, and pushback grows over mental health impacts of social media.
Week in Review: April 7 - Insights
Top highlights include: Government to launch $300M Azlheimer's research database, new COVID variant XBB.1.16 spotted in 18 US states, and novel treatment shows promise against rare cancer in kids.
18th Bleeding and Thrombosing Diseases - Insights
This conference will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of bleeding and thrombosing disorders. Informational presentations will be supplemented with panel discussions and case presentations, followed by...
18th Bleeding and Thrombosing Diseases - Insights
This conference will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of bleeding and thrombosing disorders. Informational presentations will be supplemented with panel discussions and case presentations, followed by...
18th Bleeding and Thrombosing Diseases - Insights
This conference will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of bleeding and thrombosing disorders. Informational presentations will be supplemented with panel discussions and case presentations, followed by...
18th Bleeding and Thrombosing Diseases - Insights
This conference will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of bleeding and thrombosing disorders. Informational presentations will be supplemented with panel discussions and case presentations, followed by...