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The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness on Laboratory Testing

May 21, 2008

Improving the Reporting of Critical Results II

June 10, 2008

Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase(Lp-PLA2) - Biomarker of Inflammation - 2008

June 18, 2008

Point-of-Care Testing Coordinators Best Practices: Mastering Staffing and Compliance Challenges

July 09, 2008

Critical and Point of Care Testing: Managing Technology for the Benefit of All Populations - 2008

September 18, 2008

Lab Automation 10th Anniversary: A Decade of Progress - 2008

October 27, 2008

Laboratory Medicine: Into the Future

November 13, 2008

2009 Professional Practice in Clinical Chemistry: A Review and Update

April 19, 2009

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The Van Slyke Foundation is AACC’s philanthropic program, dedicated to encouraging and supporting deserving clinical laboratory scientists and students around the world through a variety of grants, awards, scholarships and other programs designed to share the latest and best in clinical laboratory science and technology and improve health care worldwide.

Clinical Lab Expo to Set Records—Again
	As of the end of April, it looks like the Expo will be bigger than ever, even exceeding last year’s record-breaking expo in San Diego.We are expecting 650 exhibitors and 1800+ total booths! More than 50 first time exhibitors will be in the expo continuing the tradition of launching new technologies at the AACC Annual Meeting.

Congratulations to 2008 AACC Award Recipients
	The American Association for Clinical Chemistry would like to to congratulate the 2008 Award recipients.

2008 NACB Award Recipients Announced
	The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry is proud to announce it's 2008 awards recipients.

Relating Thyroid Function to Body Weight
	Research has shown that weight gain is common among patients with hypothyroidism, while on the other hand, individuals receiving thyroid hormone therapy experience modest weight loss. But few studies have explored the association between thyroid function and body weight in individuals with normal thyroid function.

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Heatwaves, floods and health concerns - special lecture on climate change and how we're dealing with it

Extreme floods, droughts and heatwaves, and how scientists are battling to deal with the effects of our rapidly warming planet, will be the subject of the first annual Grantham Lecture at Imperial College London on Thursday 22 May 2008.

Too much water raises seizure risk in babies

It's a recurrent summer-time scenario in the pediatric emergency room and doctors from Johns Hopkins Children's are sounding the alarm on it: An otherwise healthy infant is brought in by panicked parents after suffering a seizure, which turns out to be caused by drinking too much water.

Study implicates 350 gene regions in cancer development in the mouse

A large genetic study in mice has identified hundreds of genes involved in the development of cancer by examining the DNA of more than 500 lymphomas to find the cancer causing mutations.

Prevalence of childhood obesity levels off in France

France may be the first country in the EU to see signs of a levelling off in the national prevalence of childhood obesity, according to the results of two new surveys.

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Trends in Homocysteine Concentrations in the US

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