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UPCOMING EVENTS

Emerging Biomarkers of Bone Turnover: Gaining Ground in Osteoporosis Management

May 13, 2009

The Expanding Role of Clinical Pathology: Adding Value to the Drug Discovery & Development Process

May 15, 2009

Personalized Medicine and the Clinical Laboratory -- What the Future Holds

May 20, 2009

Genetic Testing Oversight...2009 and Beyond

June 03, 2009

Laboratory QC: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice

June 17, 2009

Weathering the Storm: Surviving and Succeeding in Today's Economy

June 24, 2009

2009 AACC/CSCC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo

July 18, 2009

Personalized Medicine In Oncology and the Management of Chemotherapeutics

September 23, 2009

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.

2009 Annual Meeting Industry Workshops
	AACC has posted the schedule for the 2009 Annual Meeting Industry Workshops. The Industry Workshops are designed to give you up-to-date information on a variety of topics prior to and after each day’s Annual Meeting Sessions.

2009 SYCL Service Award
	AACC is pleased to the new 2009 SYCL Service Award. This award recognizes a SYCL member who has demonstrated exceptional contributions to the field of clinical chemistry through service to the AACC.

Selected New Titles are Now Available Through the AACC Store
	AACC Press has released four new press titles through its online store that many customers will find of interest. Included in the new titles are Quick Guide to Clinical Chemistry and Quantitative Applications of Mass Spectrometry. Please visit the AACC Press site to see the other titles that are available for purchase.

Finding the Link between Vitamin B12 and Neural Tube Defects
	Neural tube defects, birth defects of the brain and spinal column, have long been linked to maternal deficiencies in folate. Researchers have speculated that in addition to folate, vitamin B12 might play a role in the occurrence of these defects. A recently published study looked for a possible link between these two metabolically related vitamins.

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HEALTHCARE NEWS

South Carolina health coverage, cigarette tax bill stalls in state Senate

Legislation that would use an increase in the South Carolina cigarette tax to create a new health coverage program for low-income state residents has stalled in the state Senate Finance Committee, the AP/Myrtle Beach Sun News reports.

Supporters, opponents of comparative effectiveness research 'gearing up' to clash over planned efforts, New York Times reports

The Obama administration is poised to enter the "same medical minefield" that 15 years ago resulted in unsuccessful federal efforts to develop guidelines for physicians in identifying cost-efficient and effective treatments for common medical conditions, the New York Times reports.

Two government reports show little progress in improving patient safety; reducing racial, ethnic health disparities

The U.S. has not made substantial improvement in narrowing health care disparities among racial and ethnic groups, nor has it improved quality of care, according to two Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports released on Wednesday by HHS, Politico reports (Allen, Politico, 5/6).

Survey examines wait times for appointments with specialists in 15 U.S. cities

Atlanta residents seeking appointments with certain specialists wait an average of 11.2 days, which is the shortest wait time among 15 cities polled in a survey released on Wednesday, the Detroit Free Press reports.

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Metagenomic Pyrosequencing

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