A genetic defect carried by 1 in 200 people – mitochondrial disease
We’re excited to announce this month the addition of the Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation to our roster of amazing supporters.
The organization was founded in 2009 to support mito pati
Pathology saves the day when cosmetic surgery goes awry
This Medical Mystery is courtesy of Dr Allison Bond, a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. It has been adapted from the original article in STAT News https://www.statnew
What is overdiagnosis and what should we do about it?
The term overdiagnosis is not one most patients are familiar with and in medical circles is highly controversial.
There is some debate around a definition of the term. Professor Jenny Doust of Bond
Great hair day as medical scientist raises thousands for cancer research
Paul Zerafa has just had a great hair day. Having grown his hair in dreadlocks for just over 12 years, today he took part in the World’s Greatest Shave and raised over $9,000 for the Leukaemia Found
International Women’s Day 2017: celebrating women in pathology
Did you know 70 per cent of pathology professionals in Australia are female? That’s more than 24,000 awesome Australian women working in collection centres and laboratories across the country, aroun
A benefit and a burden; the diabetes technology dilemma
Advances in pathology technology provide more data faster, but is there such a thing as too much information?
An estimated 2.7 million Australians have diabetes, a condition affecting the way the b
Trials and tribulations; pathology’s role in clinical trials
The term ‘clinical trial’ is laden with the hope of wonder treatments and medical breakthroughs but beyond the medical community, few people know what is truly involved in clinical trials and how
Digital pathology: enabling accurate diagnosis at a distance
We often talk about how pathology has changed over the years but there are also changes happening in the field today. Digital pathology continues to make the news as more labs explore its possibilitie
