Despite being a common disease affecting as many as 10% of reproductive age women, polycystic ovary syndrome remains challenging to diagnose. New international guidelines aim to change that, providing evidence-based recommendations about diagnostic tests and testing methods helpful in identifying and managing PCOS.

Even as the need for qualified clinical laboratory scientists and clinical chemists in traditional jobs remains strong, innovations in information technology, care delivery, and automation are opening new career paths in laboratory medicine beyond the old categories

Numerous studies have tried to calculate the correct sodium concentration in patients with hyperproteinemia or hyperlipidemia by using indirect ISE values and the level of proteins, albumin, or triacylglycerols in a sample. The methods used in these papers have several shortcomings, however.

With continued research, manufacturers are designing more accurate and sensitive molecular as-says that could eliminate the need for confirmatory culture to detect group A streptococcus.

According to the CDC, 30.3 million people—or 9.4 % of the U.S. population—had diabetes in 2015, and in the same year, about 1.5 million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed among adults age 18 or older. The CDC also estimates that 33.9% of U.S. adults had prediabetes.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms in adding C-reactive protein levels measured by high-sensitivity assays to traditional risk assessment for CVD in asymptomatic adults.