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Medical care is a broad term to describe of healthcare administration, including diagnostics, treatment, and patient management. Medical care aims to fight a disease or disorder by providing medication, therapeutics, and counseling to patients.
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MAY 29, 2014 | 10:30 AM
Obesity is a disease. It was once not considered to be a disease and to be a matter of will power and gluttony. It was also the case that we once thought that fat tissue had no metabolic func...Speaker: Caroline M Apovian, MD, FACP, FACNMAY 29, 2014 | 9:00 AM
What is the future of personalized medicine? Featuring Dr. Trevor Hawkins (An Introduction to Companion Diagnostics), Dr. Patrick Joseph (Making It Personal for Patients), and Dr. Richard Fra...Speaker: Patrick Joseph, MD and Richard Frank, MDMAY 29, 2014 | 7:30 AM
Case Example: University of Michigan Chemical Pathology LaboratoryEvery laboratory wants to achieve the highest quality possible and meet its commitment to deliver timely results. However...Speaker: Eric Vasbinder, BSMAY 29, 2014 | 7:30 AM
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the primary cause of cervical cancer and more than 100 types of HPV have been identified. Detection of HPV from cervical samples is associated with a 250 times...Speaker: Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD, MSMAY 29, 2014 | 6:00 AM
Chronic pain has continued to grow as a public health concern, now affecting more than 116 million people in the United States. It is the leading cause of disability among American workers. L...Speaker: Benjamin Abraham, MDMAY 29, 2014 | 6:00 AM
Governments, pathology providers, and clients relying on pathology reports face increasing conflict between burgeoning costs versus demands for service innovation. The health industry has bee...Speaker: Robert Flatman, FAACB, MBA, B App ScMAY 28, 2014 | 3:00 PM
Interest in vitamin D status remains high amongst the public and medical profession alike stimulating a surge in requests for clinical laboratories to measure patient serum 25-hydroxyvitamin...Speaker: Howard Morris, PhD, FAACB, FFSc(RCPA)MAY 28, 2014 | 1:30 PM
Blood culture contamination is a huge problem in the hospital. If strict aseptic technique is not used, patients can be treated unnecessarily, leading to complications from intravenous antimi...Speaker: Alice Weissfeld, PhD, D (ABMM), F(AAM)MAY 28, 2014 | 1:30 PM
The regulation of molecular testing continues to grow in complexity, in terms of the oversight by FDA, coverage determinations by Medicare contractors, and the payment amounts established by...Speaker: Peter M Kazon, JDMAY 28, 2014 | 10:30 AM
Traditional testing methods for monoclonal protein in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias correctly identify a majority of patients. However, limitations in these methods can cause patients to be missed...Speaker: Richard O'Hara, PhDMAY 28, 2014 | 10:30 AM
Guidelines for physicians treating pain patients with chronic opioid therapy recommend the patients be monitored for the presence of their prescribed medications. In addition, it is often rec...Speaker: Amadeo J Pesce, PhD, DABCCMAY 28, 2014 | 9:00 AM
While the "Jolie effect" has refocused attention on the central role of BRCA gene analyses in the diagnosis and prevention of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, there is a global disparity...Speaker: Jeffrey N Weitzel, MDMAY 28, 2014 | 7:30 AM
...Speaker: Mathias Streitz, MS, Certified BiologistMAY 28, 2014 | 7:30 AM
Variability of vitamin D results remains a hot topic today as more options are available to laboratories. This webinar examines how clinical and analytical factors such as vitamin D binding...Speaker: James Freeman, BSMAY 28, 2014 | 6:00 AM
For the last 60 years the primary method of preventing cervical cancer in both the U.S. and Europe has been cervical cytology -- if it is negative, women are rescreen in three years and if po...Speaker: Julia Engstrom-Melnyk, PhDMAY 28, 2014 | 6:00 AM
Due to the large increase in the number and complexity of clinical laboratory tests, optimal use of laboratory testing services has presented many challenges. The Clinical Laboratory Integrat...Speaker: Julie R Taylor, PhD, MSMAR 20, 2014 | 9:00 AM
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is part of a new Presidential focus aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. By acce...Speaker: Story Landis, PhD, Thomas R. Insel, MD, Justin Sanchez, PhD, John C. WingfieldPresented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2014
MAR 19, 2014 | 10:00 AM
We present a personalized medicine suite of software applications developed at UCSF for multiple sclerosis (MS): the MS Bioscreen. This new tool addresses the challenges of the dynamic manage...MAR 19, 2014 | 8:00 AM
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is part of a new Presidential focus aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. By...Speaker: Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD, William Newsome, PhD, Justin Sanchez, PhD, Terrence J Sejnowski, PhDPresented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2014
MAR 19, 2014 | 7:00 AM
Down syndrome (DS) is a complex multi-system disorder affecting more than 5.8 million individuals around the world and it causes significant physical, psychological, and cognitive abnormaliti...FEB 19, 2014 | 10:00 AM
Making precision cancer care a future reality requires novel approachesto finding treatment targets in cancers. Single-gene assays currently performed in clinical research laboratories are in...Speaker: Christopher Corless, MD, PhDFEB 06, 2014 | 11:00 AM
The rise of zebrafish as a research model has been dramatic. Given the global nature of the work, the rise in shipping zebrafish as a laboratory species has been sharp. Up until this point th...FEB 06, 2014 | 9:00 AMC.E. CREDITS
As the prevalence of the use of Zebrafish as an animal model continues its ballistic growth, the need for a better understanding of the factors that add up to success is needed. Topics cover...FEB 06, 2014 | 7:00 AM
Regulations and guidelines governing the use of animals in research require minimization of pain and distress. However, pharmacologic treatments to prevent or alleviate pain can interfere wit...Speaker: Jennifer Lofgren, DVM, MS, DACLAMPresented at: Laboratory Animal Sciences Virtual Event Series 2014
MAY 29, 2014 | 10:30 AM
Obesity is a disease. It was once not considered to be a disease and to be a matter of will power and gluttony. It was also the case that we once thought that fat tissue had no metabolic func...
Speaker:
Caroline M Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN
MAY 29, 2014 | 9:00 AM
What is the future of personalized medicine? Featuring Dr. Trevor Hawkins (An Introduction to Companion Diagnostics), Dr. Patrick Joseph (Making It Personal for Patients), and Dr. Richard Fra...
Speaker:
Patrick Joseph, MD and Richard Frank, MD
MAY 29, 2014 | 7:30 AM
Case Example: University of Michigan Chemical Pathology LaboratoryEvery laboratory wants to achieve the highest quality possible and meet its commitment to deliver timely results. However...
Speaker:
Eric Vasbinder, BS
MAY 29, 2014 | 7:30 AM
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the primary cause of cervical cancer and more than 100 types of HPV have been identified. Detection of HPV from cervical samples is associated with a 250 times...
Speaker:
Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD, MS
MAY 29, 2014 | 6:00 AM
Chronic pain has continued to grow as a public health concern, now affecting more than 116 million people in the United States. It is the leading cause of disability among American workers. L...
Speaker:
Benjamin Abraham, MD
MAY 29, 2014 | 6:00 AM
Governments, pathology providers, and clients relying on pathology reports face increasing conflict between burgeoning costs versus demands for service innovation. The health industry has bee...
Speaker:
Robert Flatman, FAACB, MBA, B App Sc
MAY 28, 2014 | 3:00 PM
Interest in vitamin D status remains high amongst the public and medical profession alike stimulating a surge in requests for clinical laboratories to measure patient serum 25-hydroxyvitamin...
Speaker:
Howard Morris, PhD, FAACB, FFSc(RCPA)
MAY 28, 2014 | 1:30 PM
Blood culture contamination is a huge problem in the hospital. If strict aseptic technique is not used, patients can be treated unnecessarily, leading to complications from intravenous antimi...
Speaker:
Alice Weissfeld, PhD, D (ABMM), F(AAM)
MAY 28, 2014 | 1:30 PM
The regulation of molecular testing continues to grow in complexity, in terms of the oversight by FDA, coverage determinations by Medicare contractors, and the payment amounts established by...
Speaker:
Peter M Kazon, JD
MAY 28, 2014 | 10:30 AM
Traditional testing methods for monoclonal protein in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias correctly identify a majority of patients. However, limitations in these methods can cause patients to be missed...
Speaker:
Richard O'Hara, PhD
MAY 28, 2014 | 10:30 AM
Guidelines for physicians treating pain patients with chronic opioid therapy recommend the patients be monitored for the presence of their prescribed medications. In addition, it is often rec...
Speaker:
Amadeo J Pesce, PhD, DABCC
MAY 28, 2014 | 9:00 AM
While the "Jolie effect" has refocused attention on the central role of BRCA gene analyses in the diagnosis and prevention of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, there is a global disparity...
Speaker:
Jeffrey N Weitzel, MD
MAY 28, 2014 | 7:30 AM
...
Speaker:
Mathias Streitz, MS, Certified Biologist
MAY 28, 2014 | 7:30 AM
Variability of vitamin D results remains a hot topic today as more options are available to laboratories. This webinar examines how clinical and analytical factors such as vitamin D binding...
Speaker:
James Freeman, BS
MAY 28, 2014 | 6:00 AM
For the last 60 years the primary method of preventing cervical cancer in both the U.S. and Europe has been cervical cytology -- if it is negative, women are rescreen in three years and if po...
Speaker:
Julia Engstrom-Melnyk, PhD
MAY 28, 2014 | 6:00 AM
Due to the large increase in the number and complexity of clinical laboratory tests, optimal use of laboratory testing services has presented many challenges. The Clinical Laboratory Integrat...
Speaker:
Julie R Taylor, PhD, MS
MAR 20, 2014 | 9:00 AM
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is part of a new Presidential focus aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. By acce...
Speaker:
Story Landis, PhD, Thomas R. Insel, MD, Justin Sanchez, PhD, John C. Wingfield
Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2014
MAR 19, 2014 | 10:00 AM
We present a personalized medicine suite of software applications developed at UCSF for multiple sclerosis (MS): the MS Bioscreen. This new tool addresses the challenges of the dynamic manage...
MAR 19, 2014 | 8:00 AM
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is part of a new Presidential focus aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain. By...
Speaker:
Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD, William Newsome, PhD, Justin Sanchez, PhD, Terrence J Sejnowski, PhD
Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2014
MAR 19, 2014 | 7:00 AM
Down syndrome (DS) is a complex multi-system disorder affecting more than 5.8 million individuals around the world and it causes significant physical, psychological, and cognitive abnormaliti...
FEB 19, 2014 | 10:00 AM
Making precision cancer care a future reality requires novel approachesto finding treatment targets in cancers. Single-gene assays currently performed in clinical research laboratories are in...
Speaker:
Christopher Corless, MD, PhD
FEB 06, 2014 | 11:00 AM
The rise of zebrafish as a research model has been dramatic. Given the global nature of the work, the rise in shipping zebrafish as a laboratory species has been sharp. Up until this point th...
FEB 06, 2014 | 9:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
As the prevalence of the use of Zebrafish as an animal model continues its ballistic growth, the need for a better understanding of the factors that add up to success is needed. Topics cover...
FEB 06, 2014 | 7:00 AM
Regulations and guidelines governing the use of animals in research require minimization of pain and distress. However, pharmacologic treatments to prevent or alleviate pain can interfere wit...
Speaker:
Jennifer Lofgren, DVM, MS, DACLAM
Presented at: Laboratory Animal Sciences Virtual Event Series 2014