Families understandably want to know why their baby died. A perinatal pathologist explains how they try to find out.
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Blood tests are helpful for monitoring your overall health. But research suggests they can also give us clues about the development of some cancers.
Doctors examine a tumor in several different ways to determine whether a cancer is aggressive – and what kinds of treatments, if any, might work best.
Pathologization can end up masking the system behind the violence, but also the collective traumas that spur further violence.
From ‘hot potato voice’ to ‘milky leg syndrome’, hundreds of medical conditions are named after food.
In December, the U.S.-based National Academy of Sciences published a report classifying myopia, for the first time, as a disease and no longer as a refractive error.
In most cases, leftover pathology samples are thrown away. Sometimes though, they may be used again for other purposes, including research.
We don’t yet know the health effects of microplastics in the brain. But until we find out more, it’s best to limit our exposure to plastics where we can.
Here’s how we design a fairer pathology system, fit for the 21st century, with no out-of-pocket costs or the public.
From body snatching to Photoshop and virtual reality, the techniques of medical illustration have evolved. But its essential role in showing clinicians how to care for the body continues today.
For the majority of patients, blood collections are not a problem, just a minor inconvenience. Others may feel uneasy and anxious about the process.
Lab testing provides doctors with essential information to help them diagnose and treat disease. Here’s what happens behind the scenes after you roll up your sleeve for a blood draw.
Pathology companies have recorded massive profits from COVID testing, with each PCR test attracting a Medicare rebate of A$85.
The vastly differing environment would need a whole new approach to disposing of dead bodies.
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Archaeologists decode the stories told by bones and what accompanies them.
The official naming of COVID-19 has the tone of a committee decision. Historically, names for diseases have not been quite so well thought out and were more likely to offend.
Antibiotics aren’t a one-size-fits-all treatment – the one you had last time might not work on the infection you have at the moment. So how do doctors determine which one is likely to work?
Automated decision making has been around in healthcare since the 1970s, and now radiology is the new frontline where AI is being deployed.
After Google suggested PigeonRank was at the root of its search function, a group of researchers put a small flock of the birds to a different classification test in real life.
New research uses pathology in dinosaur bones to look at predator-prey interactions in the fossil record.
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