What is malaria and how to test for it
What is malaria?
Malaria is an infectious disease spread by plasmodium parasites that enter the bloodstream, usually as the result of a mosquito bite, although very rarely it may be contracted throug
Comedian Michael Shafar visits pathology lab that diagnosed his cancer
Everything was going well for Michael Shafar in 2017. He sold out his first comedy show Jewish-ish at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and in January 2017 landed a job as a comedy writer for channel
How often should you have a type 2 diabetes test?
Type 2 diabetes is one of the great health challenges of our time, with 1.2 million people currently living with diabetes in Australia, a further 500,000 undiagnosed. The number of people in the world
People in Pathology: Kylie Douglas, phlebotomist
People may have heard the term phlebotomist for the first time after watching the American version of the reality television show The Bachelor – contestant Tayshia Adams slugging it out for the ‘p
From cradle to grave: five pathology tests you will likely have through your life
No sooner are you out of your mother’s womb than someone is drawing blood from you and carting it off to a lab for analysis.
Congratulations, you just had your first pathology test, but certainly
The drugs don’t work: how precision medicine can help treat patients
Up to two-thirds of patients with major depression fail to respond to their initial antidepressant, and less than 50% of patients achieve remission within 12 months of commencing therapy.
That’s
Tasmanian haematologists shaving heads to raise money for World’s Greatest Shave
Assessing blood cancers like leukaemia is part of the daily workflow for Dr Tracey Batt and Dr Anna Johnston of Royal Hobart Hospital.
Dual-trained as haematologists and physicians, the doctors per
