Spotting viruses: how laboratories detect measles
Only five years after the World Health Organisation declared measles eradicated in Australia, the disease has re-emerged, with 92 confirmed cases of the condition reported across Australia to April th
How are blood cancers diagnosed?
Blood cancer accounts for around 10% of all cancers diagnosed each year with around 35 Australians diagnosed each day with a blood cancer.
‘Blood cancer is the third biggest cause of cancer death
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
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
Happy Valentine’s Day: is there such a thing as heartbreak?
It’s Valentine’s Day. You probably know that because your letterbox and email inbox are full to overflowing with romancey messages from local and global heart-throbs.
Or perhaps your mailbox is
