Medical Laboratory Observer

Founded in 1969, Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) serves as a valuable resource for clinical laboratory professionals. It offers access to peer-reviewed articles, continuing education (CE) opportunities, management advice for labs, and the latest advancements in molecular diagnostics. Additionally, MLO covers topics like infection control, oncology, pathology practices, regulatory changes, industry developments, and reviews of new products.

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Patient portals are causing physician burnout, Michigan Medicine studies find

6 days ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

The University of Michigan conducted three studies hoping to combat primary care doctor burnout. According to a release, digital patient portal messaging is causing burnout. The studies found that:·Female doctors reported more “negative or demeaning” messages from patients. ·More female doctors attributed their burnout to patient messages.
Defending babies from RSV

6 days ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

The World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for defending infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to an announcement. The article, titled WHO position paper on immunization to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus disease, details WHO’s suggestions for RSV vaccines for mothers and infants.
WHO asks countries to take action to keep adolescents from tobacco and nicotine

6 days ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

The World Health Organization (WHO) released an information sheet regarding flavored nicotine products. They say flavors like bubble gum and cotton candy are the reason why teens are getting addicted.
$800,000 HIPAA settlement

1 week ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

BayCare Health System and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled for $800,000 over alleged HIPAA violations, according to an announcement. OCR received a complaint in 2018 that an unauthorized individual had access to a patient’s electronic protected health information (ePHI), and began an analysis.
Opiod alternate for cancer pain

1 week ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

Cancer patients may have a new option for managing pain, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The non-addictive treatment is “plant-derived molecule resiniferatoxin (RTX).” A group of NIH researchers found the therapy to be “a safe and effective agent for pain control in patients with intractable cancer pain” after a clinical trial.
More accessible cancer immunotherapy

1 week ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

Case Western Reserve University scientists created a tool that could increase accessibility of CAR T cell immunotherapy and make it more affordable, according to a release. The technology is “called CAPGLO (for capture and glow)” and “uses a magnetic field to “capture” T cells and visualize them with fluorescent tags that make them “glow.’”The researchers say CAPGLO should be cheap to manufacture, resulting in more accessible treatment. The device will require less blood than traditional therapy.
Colorectal cancer machine learning tool created

1 week ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

A new machine learning tool was created by researchers from Ohio State University (OSU) that can detect colorectal cancer, according to a release.
New dementia cases are declining

1 week ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

New dementia trend research from UNC School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center revealed that while new diagnoses are declining, more Americans have the disease, according to a release. The scientists reviewed over 25 million “fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries aged 66 or older with at least one year of continuous enrollment” from 2015-2021.
Agencies take actions toward healthcare price transparency

2 weeks ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury announced measures to move forward with President Trump’s healthcare price transparency initiative. The agencies published a request for information (RFI) asking the public for advice on the new and current policies.
Infants remove HPV from their bodies

2 weeks ago | mlo-online.com | Erin Brady

A new study shows that babies who develop human papillomavirus (HPV) remove the illness from their bodies before they are six months old, according to a Université de Montréal release. When this happens, there is little risk of the virus reappearing. The study was led by Helen Trottier and followed 422 pregnant women with HPV. Each baby “in the cohort who contracted HPV had eliminated the virus by the age of two.”The study is published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.