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Elevating accuracy of Alzheimer's testing - Insights
Learn how Mayo Clinic Laboratories Alzheimer’s disease testing provides clearer answers for more patients by offering the highest level of overall accuracy for the detection of amyloid pathology.
Week in Review: March 25 - Insights
Today's Highlights Include: e-changing kidney swap, climate change is making allergy season even worse, and a Minnesota Milestone: A day without COVID-19 deaths.
Pathways Case Studies: November 2023 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for November include the following sub-specialties: Cardiovascular Pathology,...
A decade-long search for answers ends at Mayo Clinic: Tyler Hart - Insights
After years of misdiagnosis, Tyler Hart found answers at Mayo Clinic, discovering he had NF155-IgG4 autoimmune nodopathy instead of CIDP
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ novel lupus testing, offered in partnership with Progentec Diagnostics, can help characterize disease activity and predict disease flares.
Diagnostic Testing Algorithms for Celiac Disease - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Melissa Snyder, Ph.D., co-director of the antibody immunology laboratory at Mayo Clinic, discusses celiac disease and the role of diagnostic testing algorithms.
Endocrinology Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Standardization of procedures and protocols is essential for the reliable interpretation of dynamic endocrine testing results. Our test menu includes more than 70 common and esoteric analytes and is constantly growing.
Comprehensive urine drug profiles - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ comprehensive controlled substance monitoring profiles use multiple methodologies to detect the lowest levels of substances.
Comprehensive drug urine profiles - Insights
Able to detect 22 drug classes, our comprehensive addiction medicine profile can help identify polysubstance use disorder as well as assess and manage patients at risk for substance use disorder.
New diagnostic tests specifically for conditions that predominantly or only affect women, such as autoimmune diseases and gynecological cancers, are empowering female patients and their physicians to make informed decisions.
IMPACTS Team Continues to Combat Life-Threatening Arthropod-Borne Infections in Belize - Insights
Now in its second year of a five-year initiative to better understand and detect arboviruses in Belize, the IMPACTS (Integrated Mayo Clinic Program for Arbovirus Community health education Training and Surveillance) project has expanded its...
Pathways Case Studies: March 2021 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for March include the following sub-specialties: Pulmonary Pathology, Cardiovascular...
Swiftly and Safely: A Century of Transporting Patients to Mayo Clinic #ThrowbackThursday - Insights
From the horse-drawn ambulance circa 1905 to a state-of-the-art helicopter and fixed-wing services of today, Mayo Clinic has been a leader in the safe, effective transportation of patients. Watch this video to see Mayo Clinic’s journey of...
Hereditary Peripheral Neuropathies Testing [Algorithm] - Insights
The algorithm can be viewed here.
HIV Treatment Monitoring [Algorithm] - Insights
The algorithm can be viewed here.
Lab medicine is an ever-evolving field, and staying up to date can be a challenge. Mayo Clinic Laboratories' podcasts are designed to share the information you need to know about the latest developments in laboratory diagnostics.
Five Steps to Manage Change in an Outreach Laboratory - Insights
When introducing a new initiative in the medical laboratory environment, effective change management is essential.
Find out more about our cost-effective immunoassay panel, which uses oral fluid testing to support addiction treatment and pain management.
It delivers insights that put patients on the right pathway. It drives revenue that can bolster the financial stability of the hospital. It elevates the standards of care in the communities it serves – but only if you recognize your lab’s...
Leveraging the Laboratory - Insights
A Mayo Clinic podcast for administrators, outreach managers, and laboratory professionals hosted by Jane Hermansen, outreach manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, on how to best leverage and optimize the laboratory for patients, clients, and...
TRBC1 a Useful Tool in T-Cell Flow Cytometry [Test in Focus] - Insights
Horatiu Olteanu, M.D., Ph.D., gives an overview of the updated Leukemia and Lymphoma Immunophentoyping test now including TCRBC1 available through Mayo Clinic Laboratories.
See how our innovative evaluations detect multiple sclerosis with increased sensitivity to put patients on the correct diagnostic pathway.
Dr. Morice Shares Trends and Predictions for 2025 - Insights
The healthcare and diagnostics landscape is poised for transformative changes driven by technological advancements and evolving market dynamics.
NGS Testing for Neuro-Oncology - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Mayo Clinic is recognized worldwide for providing care for complex diseases including brain tumors. With rapid technological advancements and medical discoveries, the standard approach to genetic testing is evolving.
Check out Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ full menu of testing for individual drug classes, including benzodiazepines, stimulants, opioids, alcohol, and more.
Check out how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ digital pathology initiative integrates digital infrastructure to deliver digital workflows for patients to improve overall care.
Cardiovascular Events in Patients With or Without Coronary Artery Disease
A new type of blood test may help physicians identify which patients with and without evidence of coronary blockages are at risk for heart attacks and strokes. Even individuals with normal levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), known as...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Jan. 8 - Insights
This week’s Research Roundup highlights how cardiac troponin is released from injured myocardium.
Testing Archives - Page 4 of 26 - Insights
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Learn more about how Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ unique testing for sphingolipidoses, including Gaucher and Krabbe diseases, can confirm diagnosis and guide disease management.
What the Patient Considers When Choosing a Laboratory - Insights
Patients want to use a laboratory that is easy to work with, and there are different definitions of “easy.” Ultimately, health systems want to have the patients they serve use their health system laboratories. If patients are choosing to go...
Rare Lyme disease-causing bacteria spotted on routine blood films - Insights
It’s been understood for some time that an infection of B. mayonii, a rare species of bacterium, results in high levels of spirochetes in the peripheral blood. But actually being able to visualize them on a routine peripheral blood smear...
Key performance indicators for laboratory outreach programs - Insights
Key performance indicators (KPIs) should be a part of every laboratory’s quality improvement plan, and that includes outreach-specific KPI metrics. Financial, internal-facing, and client-facing KPIs for outreach programs help to create a...
A web of care, close to home: Support on the cancer journey - Insights
Dr. Dollahite received world-class cancer treatment from a web of health care organizations, including Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Yet she never left New York; most of her treatment occurred in Ithaca. What made that possible was...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is thrilled to participate in the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, which will be held in Denver on April 13–17, 2024.
Beyond the test result Mayo Clinic Laboratories combines the expertise of world-renowned laboratorians and physicians to provide answers for patients’
MSA Patient Holds Steady Following Small Group Study of Stem Cell Therapy - Insights
Steve Day experiences balance issues, sleeping problems, and irregular blood pressure stem from a rare, unusual neurodegenerative disease—multiple system atrophy. Read his story.
New Tests Launched in July - Insights
In July 2020, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced one new test along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Discusses Parasites with Outbreak News - Insights
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, discusses a unique story with Outbreak News about a man, who...
Rochester: A Medical Destination for Decades #ThrowbackThursdays - Insights
According to the 1941 biography, The Doctors Mayo, Rochester, Minnesota, has been a medical destination for decades. Author Helen Clapesattle describes a visitor's first impressions upon arriving in Rochester.
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., speaks with Beshoi Nashed, a visiting medical student from the Medical University of the Americas in Saint Kitts and Nevis, about his personal perspective on life that has...
3D Scanning: An Important Innovation in Pathology - Insights
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with Shane Ferraro, M.H.S., PA(ASCP), an assistant supervisor of pathologists’ assistants in the Division of Anatomic Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...
New Tests Launched in February - Insights
In February 2018, Mayo Medical Laboratories announced two new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New Tests Launched in January - Insights
In January 2018, Mayo Medical Laboratories announced five new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New Tests Launched in December - Insights
In December 2017, Mayo Medical Laboratories announced seven new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New Tests Launched in April - Insights
In April 2018, Mayo Medical Laboratories announced two new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New Tests Launched in September - Insights
In September 2018, Mayo Medical Laboratories announced two new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New Tests Launched in July - Insights
In July 2018, Mayo Medical Laboratories announced five new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New Tests Launched in June - Insights
In June 2018, Mayo Medical Laboratories announced three new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
New Test Launched in August - Insights
In August 2018, Mayo Medical Laboratories announced one new test along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.