Volume XII No. 2 - January 24, 2005 Archives

Hey! We Are Halfway Through the 2000’s

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

WITHOUT SPLITTING HAIRS ABOUT WHETHER THE NEW MILLENNIUM started on January 1, 2000 or January 1, 2001 (although official millennium celebrations heavily favored the former date), I would like to call your attention to an important fact: 2005 is the half-way point in the current decade. Look what has changed since 2000. No longer do …

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Bi-Annual Look at Trends Reshaping Clinical Labs

The Dark Report / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Among other things, we declare the end to the heyday of the independent commercial lab company which offers a broad test menu to all types of office-based physicians. In its place springs forth the specialty or niche testing laboratory. Small and focused on a specific number of reference and esoteric tests, the number …

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“January 24, 2005 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Blood-alcohol testing in the emergency room can generate surprising results. That was certainly the case in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on December 20, 2004. A 67-year old pedestrian, hit by a car, was taken to the emergency room. Using a breath analyzer, his blood-alcohol level registered at .914! Physicians and police were amazed, since the patient was …

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