Pathology & Lab Medicine Experts & Viewpoints

How Can I Help Teens Who Are Victims of Cyberbullying? I cared for an adolescent recently who told me about some disturbing experiences she had online with other teens. It sounds like cyberbullying. How can I help her?
Ask the Expert, October 2010
ESMO -- Blood Cancers: New Approaches in Multiple Myeloma Dr. Martin Dreyling highlights ESMO presentations in hematologic malignancies, focusing on multiple myeloma and the role of biomarkers in the treatment of lymphoproliferative disease.
Commentary, October 2010
How Do We Do Surveillance for Catheter-Associated BSIs? How is your ICU's rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections determined and why is this important? William R. Jarvis, MD, offers some details about the process you need to consider
Commentary, October 2010
Alzheimer's CSF Test: Useful or Useless? Dr. Andrew Wilner explores the rationale for using -- and not using -- the cerebrospinal fluid test in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Ask the Expert, October 2010
The Importance of Serum Albumin Level in Patients With Acute Kidney Injury The finding that serum albumin level is an independent predictor of AKI and death following AKI may open up new avenues for research and treatment.
Viewpoint, October 2010
Explaining Variability in Plasma Triglyceride Levels Through Rare Variants A Nature Genetics paper identifies rare variants that help explain heritability of hypertriglyceridemia, but the knowledge gain is only incremental. Dr. Ali Torkamani explains why.
Viewpoint, October 2010
Discitis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis: When Cultures Are Negative Two interesting cases illustrate the difficulties in diagnosing and treating discitis when initial cultures are negative. Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, comments.
Commentary, October 2010
Can We Ever Cure HIV? What will come first: a cure for HIV or an effective vaccine? Paul Sax interviews Dan Kuritzkes at ICAAC 2010
Expert Interview, October 2010
Nine Smartphone Apps to Improve Your Practice Dr. Bruno Oliveira highlights 6 common problems facing clinicians and 9 Smartphone apps to address them.
Commentary, October 2010
CDC Expert Commentary: Screening Asian Patients for Chronic Hepatitis B In this video commentary from the CDC, Dr. John Ward urges primary care providers to screen Asian patients -- who may not have been vaccinated at birth -- for chronic HBV infection.
Commentary, October 2010

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The November 2 election may result in a Republican majority in one or both chambers of Congress. What effect do you think such an election result would have on Congressional efforts to find a permanent "doc fix" to Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula for setting physician reimbursement, a formula that calls for a 23% pay cut on December 1?

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Gefitinib vs Chemotherapy for NSCLC: More Data Supporting Targeted Therapies Dr. Maurie Markman comments on a study in The New England Journal of Medicine demonstrating a significant benefit with gefitinib over standard chemotherapy in metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.
Viewpoint, September 2010

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