An international coalition of experts in laboratory medicine, osteoporosis, and chronic kidney disease is calling for laboratories to stop routinely reporting albumin-adjusted (“corrected”) calcium, arguing that the longstanding practice is outdated, unreliable in many clinical settings, and may contribute to patient harm. The recommendation appears in the new position statement Albumin-adjusted (‘corrected’) calcium should no longer be reported, published in the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, by a working group representing the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Committee: Chronic Kidney Diseases, and the Joint International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Working Group and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) Committee on Bone Metabolism.

An AI technology is effective at planning the delivery of life-saving radiotherapy for cervical cancer and prostate cancer, according to results from a large international trial led by researchers at University College London (UCL) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

The move from primary to secondary school is a major transition for many children, marked by new environments, new peers and increasing expectations. But while the jump signals growing up and greater independence, it also triggers a significant decline in student wellbeing, according to new research from Adelaide University.