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The article focuses on the Educational Supplement Issue of the International Journal of Laboratory Hematology (IJLH) and highlights the platelet factor 4 and thromboinflammation, machine learning in hematopathology and digital assessment of peripheral blood and bone marrow aspirate smears.

The article offers world news briefs related to alcohol addiction as of December 2013. A magazine called "Illegal" is sold on street corners for 30 krone by drug users in Copenhagen, Denmark. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed the "Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit" which offers information on its overdose, prevention and treatment. BBC News reported the arrest of the suspected operator of Silk Road, an online marketplace for drugs and illegal items.

The article offers news briefs related to drug addiction. The formation of the European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR) is intended to conduct research on the prevention of health inequalities. Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma Inc. filed a lawsuit against French medical journal "Prescrire" due to the criticism of its antieczema ointment Protopic. The American Lung Association (ALA) has issued an annual report about tobacco control.

The article announces the premier rheumatology meeting of nonprofit organization American College of Rheumatology in November 2016, the introduction of the journal's features on Rheumatology and the addition of Charles Auffray, Lorenzo Berett and Bryce Binstadt as members of the editorial board.

A calendar of events for 2015 to 2016 by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is presented including ACR Annual Meetings, Nomination for ACR Awards of Distinction and Masters, and ACR 2015 State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue that are all concerned with delirium in older adults.