TEDMED 2012
Jon Cohen at TEDMED 2012
Jon Cohen, MD, Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer for Quest Diagnostics, discusses the psychology of healthcare decision-making and the factors that inform patients' decisions regarding the care they seek and the doctors who treat them.
2013 Symposium on Bleeding and Thrombosis
Symposium
This year’s Case-Oriented Symposium on Bleeding and Thrombosis will be held on October 4-5, 2013 in McLean, VA near Washington, DC. Save these dates on your calendar and register to receive more information as it becomes available. The program will be certified for AMA PRA Category 1 CME credit for physicians, ABP MOC Part II SAM credit for pathologists and ASCLS P.A.C.E. credit for lab professionals.
Test Selection and Interpretation Guide
Test Selection and Interpretation Guide 2012
This useful guide provides testing information in 9 clinical specialties: cardiology, chronic kidney disease, coagulation, endocrinology, genetics, hematology/oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, and toxicology. The information provided is based on peer-reviewed publications.
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Presentations
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing: Separate But NOT Equal
Buck Strom, MD, PhD discusses indications and society recommends for noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and current NIPT methodologies, including the clinical utility of free floating fetal DNA testing.
14-3-3 eta Protein: A New Direction in the Early Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Walter Maksymowych, MD discusses the diagnostic and prognostic value of the 14-3-3 eta protein in rheumatoid arthritis and the clinical relevance of a new assay that measures this biomarker.
Cell-free Fetal DNA Testing - The Benefits of Accurate Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing
The use of maternal serum screening has become standard practice to identify women at risk of having a fetus with chromosomal abnormalities. Screening...
14-3-3eta (η) Protein – A New Biomarker for Rheumatoid Arthritis
An estimated 1.5 million adults suffer from rheumatoid arthritis in the United States, with the incidence two to three times higher...
The Role of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
World TB Day, taking place on March 24, 2013, is an annual reminder of the global burden of tuberculosis (TB), raising...
