AACC ANNUAL MEETING AND LABORATORY EXPOSITION TO HIGHLIGHT ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TESTING
More than 20,000 clinical laboratorians, physicians, research scientists, and other health care professionals will gather July 25-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center for the 2004 Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC). The 2004 program will include more than 175 educational sessions examining the latest information on a wide range of clinical laboratory testing developments, including cardiac health risk, cancer detection and treatment, osteoporosis, HIV patient management, patient safety, and drug interaction.
In addition, five plenary lectures will cover a variety of topics including cutting-edge genetics, how technology is reshaping healthcare, proteomics, the future of miniaturized technologies in healthcare and the critical role played by the clinical laboratory in The National Kidney Disease Education Program.
One meeting session will examine how the use of herbal medicines, once thought to be safe, can interfere with laboratory tests and lead to severe toxicity, even death, among users. Another session will highlight the need for clinical facilities to develop a new culture for patient safety and focus on examples of how laboratories can reduce medical errors and patient injuries. Leading researchers will also examine new information about prenatal screening in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis and Down’s syndrome, in vitro diagnosis of allergic disorders, and the clinical utility of laboratory testing role in assisted reproduction.
And, in light of the recent national focus on cardiac health and the effects of obesity, the AACC Annual Meeting features eight sessions related to heart health, including a review of available cardiac tests in preparation for development of clinical testing guidelines. Other hot topics include:
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Women’s Health
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Hypertension
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Cancer Diagnosis and Management
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Sports Nutrition
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Metabolic Syndrome
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Osteoporosis
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Senior Health
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Pediatric Obesity
