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In drug testing of pain management patients, it is important that a valid sample is collected in order to determine compliance with appropriate use of prescribed drugs and to identify the use of other...

At the recent Executive War College presented by the Dark Intelligence Group, there was a roundtable presentation featuring four attorneys active in laboratory legal affairs discussing “Current Issues in...

The article below was written by, Robert Herriman and Rodney E. Rohde. Ph.D for Outbreak News Today and has been re-published here with permission. Rabies has been a topic several times on the radio...

The article below was written by, Robert Herriman and Rodney E. Rohde. Ph.D for Outbreak News Today and has been re-published here with permission. A relatively new advanced degree is now available at...

Insurers and the government are scrutinizing laboratory billing arrangements where small, financially challenged hospitals contract with Medical Service Organizations (MSO) to perform laboratory marketing...

Laboratory tests are not perfect. I hope this does not come to a surprise to anyone. In a perfect world, a lab test would always identify individuals with a specific condition from those who don’t have that...

Clinical laboratories large and small are experiencing increased scrutiny from the federal government, states and private insurers.  This focus has developed because payers have identified several areas in...

Thyroid hormones play an important role in glucose metabolism and homeostasis. They regulate hepatic gluconeogenesis, intestinal absorption of glucose, and glucose uptake in peripheral tissue. In addition,...

Rabies is a disease caused by an RNA virus transmitted from infected carnivores and bats.  While the incidence and epidemiology have changed in the US over the past 75 years, occasional human cases still...

According to the March of Dimes, preterm birth occurs in approximately 10% of U.S. pregnancies. Until recently, cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin (fFN) was the only FDA-approved test for predicting preterm...