Metacognitive Practices - Insights
Deb Hagen-Moe, Education Coordinator at Mayo Clinic, discusses how metacognition can be used to enhance an individual’s ability to learn and retain information.
Research Roundup Archives - Page 25 of 29 - Insights
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St. Charles Health System Teams Up with Mayo Medical Laboratories to Perform Testing - Insights
St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon, has selected Mayo Medical Laboratories as its primary reference laboratory, giving the health system access to Mayo Clinic’s extensive menu of laboratory tests and clinical expertise.
sphingotec GmbH, a biotechnology company that develops biomarkers for the detection and management of diseases, has recently signed an agreement with Mayo Clinic to collaborate on the evaluation and use of several biomarkers that may...
Mayo Laboratory Inquiry Receives Top Honors - Insights
Mayo Laboratory Inquiry (MLI) has been named a Center of Excellence by BenchmarkPortal for the seventh year in a row. MLI was also named a Top Contact Center and took home the top honors in the "Lowest Average Speed of Answer" category.
Mayo Clinic's Frozen Section Breaks Ground at Simulation Center - Insights
Traditionally, Mayo Clinic's Simulation Center is used for surgical procedures and teaching students how to run a code. Mayo Clinic pathology consultant Karen Fritchie, M.D., recently developed a new and innovative way to use the center.
MLS Students Under the Microscope Archives - Insights
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Testing algorithm streamlines assessment for COVID-19 - Insights
In a recent "Answers From the Lab" podcast, Aaron Tande, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and associate chair for outpatient practice in Mayo Clinic's Division of Infectious Diseases, explains the algorithm Mayo has developed to make...
COVID-19: At-home sample collection vs. at-home testing - Insights
The concept of at-home testing for COVID-19 sounds straightforward. But there's nuance to it that's important to understand. Right now, an at-home test for COVID-19 is not available, although there may be one coming soon. But in some areas,...
Week in Review: June 3 - Insights
Today's highlights include: Spread of monkeypox underscores need for physicians to be ready to understand, Pfizer completes application to FDA for vaccine for children under 5, and connect is key to supporting multiple sclerosis patients.
Week in Review: May 27 - Insights
Today's highlights include: Long COVID affects more older adults, US has a new dominant COVID-19 strain, and Gianrico Farrugia explains how we can transform healthcare by moving from pipeline to platform.
COVID-19 weekly news: March 7-11 2022 - Insights
Topic's Include: Losing sleep during the pandemic? It may be affecting your weight, heart, and overall health, and how to deal with anxiety, stress when the world feels overwhelming.
COVID-19 weekly news: March 28-April 3 2022 - Insights
Topic's Include: Transplant, new model of care give hope to Salvadoran mom after cancer diagnosis, what you need to know about the COVID-19 BA.2 subvariant, and why calling the highly contagious COVID-19 omicron BA.2 a ‘stealth variant’ is...
Week in Review: April 29 - Insights
Today's highlights include: CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections, virtual in-person cardiac rehabilitation provide similar benefits, and Mayo Clinic partners with AI startup to co-develop precision medicine.
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: December 21 - Insights
This week’s research roundup features: Learning through a Pandemic: The current state of knowledge on COVID-19 and cancer.
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)-FibroTest* [Test in Focus] - Insights
Nikola Baumann, Ph.D., gives an overview of the new NASH-FibroTest available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories. She discusses when this testing should be ordered, how this testing improves upon previous testing approaches, and what clinical...
Mayo Clinic's Accurate Amyloidosis Typing Test Leads to Effective Treatment - Insights
When the type of amyloidosis is appropriately determined by accurate and effective laboratory testing, it can be treated properly.
Breath Diagnostics, Inc. and Mayo Clinic Laboratories have announced a collaboration to develop clinical diagnostic tests that use patient breath samples to identify individual biomarkers that can predict a spectrum of diseases. The two...
While the diagnostic criteria of celiac disease are well defined, symptoms are generally nonspecific. This fact, combined with the variety of available tests — each with a specific utility and interpretation — can make a diagnosis...
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency - Insights
Stool testing is a critical component of diagnosing exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), and Mayo Clinic Laboratories offers several tests to help clinicians evaluate these patients. A 48- or 72-hour stool fecal fat test is useful for...
Our interactive learning modules encompass many of the necessary skills to further develop your knowledge and skills on your journey as a phlebotomist.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ fungal diagnostics test menu includes molecular and serological assays to aid in diagnosing a wide variety of fungal diseases, including those caused by Coccidioides possadasi/immitis, Histoplasma, Blastomyces, and...
Diagnostic and companion testing - Insights
Learn more about how diagnostic and companion testing can confirm a prenatal genetic diagnosis.
Autoimmune neurology evolution - Insights
Patients with autoimmune neurologic conditions deserve the best chance at an accurate diagnosis. These answers can make a real difference in a patient’s treatment and quality of life.
Learn about our sponsored testing program and how it can benefit both patients and healthcare providers.
Find out how our Candida auris polymerase chain reaction assay detects and identifies C. auris from surveillance swabs.
Malabsorption disorders - Insights
Malabsorption syndrome encompasses several disorders that impact the ability of the small intestine to absorb macronutrients, micronutrients, or both. Because malabsorption syndrome can be caused by myriad factors, identifying the...
Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori, is one of the world’s most common chronic bacterial infections. Estimated to impact 4.4 billion individuals globally, H. pylori affects 35% to 89% of children, depending the on the geographic region in...
Autoimmune Liver Disease Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Our panel evaluates smooth muscle antibodies (SMA), antinuclear antibodies (ANA), and antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) for patients with suspected autoimmune liver disease, specifically type 1 AIH or PBC or with liver disease of unknown...
Hepatocellular carcinoma - Insights
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of death from cancer in the world. While HCC can be effectively treated in its early stages, most patients are not diagnosed until they are symptomatic and at higher grades and...
Prostate Health Index (phi) [Test in Focus] - Insights
Useful For Assessing the patient’s probability of having detectable prostate cancer when totalprostate specific antigen (PSA) concentrations are between
Communiqué Archives - Page 4 of 4 - Insights
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Learn why liquid biopsy testing is a viable alternative to tissue-based biopsy testing for certain patients with cancer.
Histiocytic neoplasms - Insights
Learn more about how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ next-generation sequencing panel for histiocytic neoplasms can help physicians accurately diagnose patients and guide treatment for their patients.
Rapid hereditary breast cancer - Insights
Learn how our rapid breast cancer treatment panel delivers results in 10 to 14 days and detects 11 genes linked to lifetime breast cancer risk.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia - Insights
Learn how we increase the quality of care by performing all of our chronic lymphocytic leukemia testing at a single facility.
Lung Cancer Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Mayo Clinic Laboratories innovates at the speed of medical advancement, and offers comprehensive options for diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive lung cancer testing.
Learn how reliable laboratory diagnosis of a platelet disorders can impact patients’ and their family members' clinical management and outcomes.
Axonal autoimmune neuropathies - Insights
Find out about our panel-based approach to axonal autoimmune neuropathies, which we recommend because of the overlap in clinical symptoms.
Tissue testing for COVID-19 - Insights
Being able to identify SARS-CoV-2 in tissue is key to better understand the virus that causes COVID-19. Now, a first-of-its-kind test that detects SARS-CoV-2 in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue is available from Mayo Clinic...
Notification of Business Name Change to Mayo Clinic Laboratories - Insights
Effective November 9, 2018, our business name will change from Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, doing business as (d/b/a) Mayo Medical Laboratories to Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, d/b/a Mayo Clinic Laboratories. The change to Mayo...
Mayo Clinic Start-up Earns World Economic Forum Award - Insights
Mayo Clinic startup company Vineti developed first-of-its-kind software package tracking for cell therapies. Vineti’s groundbreaking product captured a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award in the field of health.
COVID-19's dangerous connection to coagulopathy - Insights
Nahla Heikal, M.D., co-director of Mayo Clinic's Special Coagulation Laboratory, addresses the connection between COVID-19 and coagulopathy.
Training Clinical Chemistry: Where Do We Go from Here? - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., discusses training in clinical chemistry, highlighting his own experiences and challenges and offering valuable resources for future pathology residents.
COVID-19 Laboratory Update: July 7 | Minnesota Partnership - Insights
Minnesota reaches milestone of 20,000 daily test capacity Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has announced the state has completed more than half a million
Browse our menu of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody testing, which can be useful in the evaluation of patients suspected of having an allergic disease.
Perspectives Archives - Insights
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Discussion as Pedagogical Strategy - Insights
Discussion is an effective pedagogical strategy to facilitate a learning experience and assess understanding. Carrie Bowler, Program Manager of Staff Development in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, discusses the benefits...
Some Interesting Applications in the Medical Laboratory Science Program - Insights
Elizabeth Atneosen, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, discusses interesting applications she has learned thus far in the program.
Research Archives - Page 33 of 33 - Insights
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