The quiet achiever: why we couldn’t do without the full blood examination
In October GPs told us they “couldn’t do without” pathology and the Full Blood Examination (FBE) is one of the most commonly requested
Analyse this: so what exactly goes into diagnosing coeliac disease?
A lab worker loads spun blood tubes onto a machine for processing and testing
Many people with coeliac disease know that getting a confir
Guiding cancer therapy
Bouncing back after lymphoma
Olwyn is a Melbourne-based grandmother who likes to be in the thick of things. From her home in Melbourne’s
It’s getting hot in here….
Neisseria gonorrhoaea bacteria - responsible for gonorrhoea infections
With an El Nino event forecast for summer 2015, it seems Australia
Pathology staff are the “silent champions” of our donated blood supply system
National Blood Authority values pathology
The head of Australia's National Blood Authority, Leigh McJames, has described pathology workers
From patient to phlebotomist: diagnosis inspired Kerry to work in pathology
Kerry Thornton from Werribee in Victoria spent years in the dark over her rare condition. She was so impressed with the help that she got fr
“I couldn’t do without it” – what General Practitioners think of pathology
General Practitioners (GPs) are the most visible and well known part of healthcare. Dealing with a plethora of health issues from athlete’
The hidden heroes on the frontline of healthcare: the role of pathology in a hospital setting
“We save lives. We're on the front line of the emergency department and intensive care units.”
This was the response we got from one
“Pathology is vital when you’re battling cancer”
It is an impressive statistic that pathology is used to diagnose 100% of cancers, but this is not the end of pathology’s involvement in he
How pathology helped a father save his son’s life
In 2010 Lyall Smith, from Robinvale in rural Victoria, opted to undergo surgery to donate one of his kidneys to his then 31-year old son, Br
