Pathology & Lab Medicine

Children Without Private Insurance Get Fewer Tests in ED Compared with children who have private health insurance, children who visit the emergency department and have public insurance or no insurance undergo fewer tests and procedures.
Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2012
EGFR TKIs in Non-Asians With NSCLC: A New Treatment Paradigm Firstline EGFR TKIs in Asians with mutation-positive NSCLC are known to improve outcomes. Dr. Maurie Markman reviews data on their use in Europeans and considers the impact on treatment protocols.
Medscape Genomic Medicine, May 10, 2012
Researcher Believed Killed by Lab Bacteria A young research associate killed by a highly virulent strain of meningococcal disease is believed to have contracted the bacteria from the San Francisco lab where he was working on a vaccine against it.
Reuters Health Information, May 7, 2012
Are You Ready for Molecular Testing in Infection Control? Find out why you should include your facility's laboratory director on the infection control committee.
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), May 7, 2012

Doctors and Marriage: Should You Have a Prenup? Love is powerful, yet marriage always involves some element of risk. Can you protect your finances and your practice in the event of a divorce and still start off a marriage on the right foot?
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
A Fierce but Effective Way to Combat Accounts Receivable If A/R is mounting and some of it is long overdue, your current staff and billers might not make much headway. You need a tactical way to attack the problem.
UnCommon Sense® , December 2011
New AMA Head on Membership, the ACA, and Medicine's Future Dr. James Madara, of the American Medical Association, gives a candid interview on the nation's largest physician organization and whether it has any regrets about supporting the Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'? A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
Malpractice: An Effective Ray of Hope for Doctors One effort to improve the malpractice situation for physicians is having some moderate success. How extensive it will be remains to be seen.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012

Pathology & Lab Medicine News
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APA 2012 Mayo Clinic Biobank Begins to Elucidate Bipolar Disorder Researchers hope to provide an important tool for the investigation of bipolar disorder with first analyses from the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank.
Medscape Medical News, May 7, 2012
Scientists Say They Have Found Oldest Human Blood Scientists examining the remains of "Otzi," Italy's prehistoric iceman who roamed the Alps some 5,300 years ago, said they have isolated what are believed to be the oldest traces of human blood ever found.
Reuters Health Information, May 3, 2012

Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'? A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 3, 2012
Why Identical Twins Don't Have Identical Cases of Psoriasis Drs. Dafna Gladman and Vinod Chandran review a study exploring epigenetic changes that might explain how monozygotic twins can be discordant for psoriasis.
Medscape Genomic Medicine, April 27, 2012