Sep 25, 2018
Pathology Explained
Thyroid disease: an historic problem that won’t go away
There’s something a little bit different about Tasmania. Not just the landscape but the people as well.
Pathologist Dr Lawrie Bott, who
Sep 25, 2018
Pathology Explained
Politicians receive prostate tests at parliament house
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month, and to underscore its importance, Pathology Awareness Australia and the Parliamentary Friends
Sep 24, 2018
Pathology Explained
CIE report outlines benefits of pathology testing
The Centre for International Economics (CIE) has released their 2018 report The economic value of pathology: achieving better health, and
Aug 31, 2018
Pathology Explained
What’s behind Australia’s syphilis outbreak and the rise of STIs?
In what Minister for Indigenous Health, Ken Wyatt, described as a ‘surge response’, on 8 August the federal government injected an emerg
Aug 31, 2018
Pathology Explained
The case for targeted preventive healthcare
Australians travelling overseas and needing medical treatment will be familiar with the leading-edge quality of our health system – from o
Aug 31, 2018
Pathology Explained
Is health in the western world at the bottom of a nasty J-curve?
For most of human history one of the major threats to a long life was scarcity: in particular scarcity of food and medicine. Hunger and dise
Jul 26, 2018
Pathology Explained
FOFO a no-no; five good reasons to do the bowel screening test
Those in contact with young people may be familiar with the acronym FOMO. For those not in the know, FOMO stands for Fear of Missing Out. Bu
Jul 26, 2018
Pathology Explained
Screen time: what is a screening test and why do we have them?
Most of us will be familiar with a few of Australia’s screening programs, like the bowel cancer screening program or mammograms for breast
Jun 29, 2018
Pathology Explained
Politicians roll up their sleeves in Canberra as Diabetes Australia calls for wider blood testing to arrest Australian diabetes epidemic
Usually when politicians roll up their sleeves in Canberra it involves some form of parliamentary fisticuffs, but recently Parliament House
Jun 29, 2018
New breakthroughs - Pathology Explained
Pathology and kidney disease: from diagnosis to exciting research on transplants
Kidney conditions can manifest themselves with a variety of symptoms, such as general tiredness or the swelling of limbs from the retention
