This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Click here to advertise in this news brief.   Mobile version   RSS   Subscribe   Unsubscribe   Archive  Media Kit Home   About   Scholarships   Meetings   Publications   Resources   Oct. 2, 2012   WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj Reuters    Share    The World Health Organization urged health workers everywhere to report patients with acute respiratory infection who may have been in Saudi Arabia or Qatar, following the discovery of a new virus from the same family as SARS. Saudi Arabia said it had taken precautions to prevent disease spreading next month, when it expects over 2 million Muslims to flock to the annual haj pilgrimage, then return home. More We've got you covered Dealing with infectious samples is risky enough. Why increase your risk by overlooking transport regulations? Saf-T-Pak provides the solutions required for 49 CFR compliance: Compliance Training for Shipping Division 6.2 Infectious Substances Compliant Packaging (Category A, Category B, Exempt and Temperature Controlled shipping systems) HIV treatment program improves outcomes in all risk strata Medscape Medical News    Share    A Baltimore HIV clinic has improved the clinical outcomes of patients across all strata of demographic and behavioral risk groups through a multilevel treatment program with supplemental funding from a federal government program, according to an article published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Richard D. Moore, M.D., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues analyzed the records of 6,366 patients with HIV who were under the care of the Johns Hopkins HIV/AIDS Service during a 15-year period between 1995 and 2010. More Clinical pathology laboratories ignore the rapid growth of mobile apps in healthcare at their peril Dark Daily    Share    Experts predict that healthcare's use of mobile apps — now being described as mHealth — will evolve into a distinct and primary information channel that will play a significant role in clinical care. This includes how anatomic and clinical pathologists use laboratory medicine to support clinical care. More Gut bacteria are different in people with diabetes Los Angeles Times    Share    A recent study finds differences between the bacteria growing in the guts of people who have diabetes and those who don't. Researchers used DNA analysis to figure out the bacterial populations inside 345 Chinese people. They found that people with diabetes had mild gut disturbances. They had fewer bacteria that make a compound called butyrate, for example. More Meningitis outbreak hits HIV-positive men in New York ABC News    Share    New York City health officials are investigating an outbreak of meningitis among HIV-positive men, one of whom has died while another remains in critical condition. If left untreated, the disease can cause severe brain damage and even death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More New swine flu variant detected in Canada Medical Daily    Share    A new variant of the swine flu virus that caused a 2009 pandemic has been detected in Canada. Health officials said that an Ontario man has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. The adult male patient became infected "after close contact with pigs," Ontario's chief medical officer of health, Arlene King, said in a written statement. More CellaVision Automates and Standardizes the Manual Differential CellaVision introduces CellAtlas®, the perfect way to learn the basics of hematology cell morphology. 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We have a dedicated staff of more than 1,300 employees, including board-certified subspecialty pathologists, PhDs, technologists, technicians, and support personnel. Cleveland Clinic Laboratories is proud to serve hospitals, outpatient facilities and physician offices worldwide. For more information, please visit clevelandcliniclabs.com. Immunoscore could be 'transformational' in oncology Medscape Medical News    Share    A new approach to prognostication, developed initially for use in colorectal cancer, homes in on the body's immune response to the tumor instead of focusing on the tumor itself.The immunoscore approach measures cytotoxic T lymphocytes that infiltrate the tumor; the more there are, the stronger the immune response against the tumor. More Genome project links breast, ovarian cancers USA Today    Share    Scientists announced they have finished mapping virtually all of the genetic mutations in breast cancer, an effort that could soon change the way patients are treated and eventually help researchers develop better treatments. Among the most striking findings: One of the most lethal types of breast cancer is genetically closer to a kind of ovarian cancer than it is to other breast tumors, according to the paper, published online in Nature. More Tackling antibiotic resistance: Lab plays critical role in detection, monitoring Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory    Share    Antibiotic resistance occurs through a variety of mechanisms that alter the binding site of the drug to the microorganism or prevent the antibiotic from penetrating into the cell. Some organisms develop "efflux" pumps that actually pump the drug out of the cell after it enters, explained Dr. Geraldine Hall medical director, Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology and Specimen Processing, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland. More Study: Poor HIV patients improve with care beyond drugs Reuters via the Chicago Tribune    Share    Patients stepping into Johns Hopkins University's HIV clinic in east Baltimore do not just see a doctor or get prescriptions for their antiretroviral drugs. Many also get help finding a place to live or bus fare to make it to their next appointment. Such care that goes beyond the examination table and into patients' often challenging lives has been key to helping poorer HIV patients – particularly blacks and women – live long, healthier lives, according to a 15-year study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. More Biomarker sniffs out psychopaths Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News    Share    A poor sense of smell may be a biomarker for psychopathic traits, in addition to reflecting a dysfunction of part of the brain, according to a newly-published study from a pair of Australian researchers. "Olfactory measures represent a potentially interesting marker for psychopathic traits because performance expectancies are unclear in odor tests and may therefore be less susceptible to attempts to fake good or bad responses," Mehmet Mahmut and Richard Stevenson of Australia’s Macquarie University concluded in their study, published in the journal Chemosensory Perception. More How NASA prevents a space plague outbreak Gizmodo    Share    In the early days of space exploration, NASA basically made up procedure on the fly. With little knowledge of the world outside our atmosphere, agency physicians worried what humans might encounter out there. Maybe John Glenn would go Space Blind. Maybe the Apollo 11 crew would track an Andromeda Strain through the Lunar Command Module, unleashing a deadly moon virus on a defenseless earth. More Better hepatitis treatment costly for prisons The Texas Tribune    Share    Tattooing is ubiquitous behind bars, despite – or perhaps because of – the fact that it is banned. But the practice carries with it more than the risk of punishment – it can also spread hepatitis C. The prison population is particularly prone to this viral disease, which is transmitted largely through infected blood and can lead to liver cirrhosis and cancer. More   ASCLS eNewsBytes Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469.420.2601 Download media kit Bob Kowalski, Content Editor, 469.420.2650    Contribute news This edition of the ASCLS eNewsBytes was sent to ##Email##. To unsubscribe, click here. Did someone forward this edition to you? Join ASCLS and we will subscribe you -- it's free! 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