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DLS|HEALTHCARE NEWS|December 17, 2015 ► Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthcare News Update

Healthcare News


A Weekly Compilation of Clinical Laboratory and Related Information
From The Division Of Laboratory Systems


December 17, 2015


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News Highlights 






Leading News

  • FDA Issues Draft Ebola Guidance for Blood Centers
  • CDC Debuts New Tools for Testing and Assessing Risk for HIV
  • Is Lab Testing the ‘Wild West’ of Medicine?


Laboratory Testing / Diagnostics

  • Diabetes: Too Much Testing?
  • Prostate Cancer Test Is More Reliable if Done Twice
  • Clinical Trials Are Subjecting Cancer Patients to Too Many Biopsies, Study Finds


Research and Development

  • Molecule Clears Alzheimer's Plaques in Mice
  • Arthritis Predicted 16 Years Before Disease Takes Hold Using New Test
  • Mayo Clinic Researchers Uncover Six Possible Protein Biomarkers for Bipolar Disorder


Public Health and Patient Safety

  • Task Force: Screen All Teens, Adults at Risk for Syphilis
  • First Dengue Fever Vaccine Approved by Mexico
  • FDA Approves First Recombinant von Willebrand Factor to Treat Bleeding Episodes


Health IT and Other

  • Survey: Healthcare Organizations Lack Confidence in Secure Data Sharing
  • Electronic Health Records, Data Analytics Integral to Payment Reform
  • ONC Offers 'Corrections and Clarifications' of 2015 Final Rule

DLS|HEALTHCARE NEWS|December 17, 2015

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