Olfactory Axon Injuries, Microvascular Pathology Seen in COVID-19 Loss of smell may be consequence of inflammation after infection Apr 11, 2022
False Negatives Still Common With COVID PCR Testing Pathologist says one in five people get negative result even if they have COVID Jan 21, 2022
Machine Vision Poised to Take Another Bite Out of Human Docs' Sandwich Near 100% concordance with pathologists' assessment of RA joint inflammation Jan 14, 2022
Are We Testing for Omicron Wrong? South African study suggests nasal swabs aren't the best way Dec 27, 2021
Formaldehyde Exposure Linked to Cognitive Impairment Healthcare workers represent majority of those exposed in French cohort Dec 22, 2021
Do Rapid Tests Pick Up Omicron? For holiday guests asked to take a test before arriving, how accurate will it be? Dec 20, 2021
Liquid Biopsy Provides Accurate, Fast Dx of HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer Circulating tumor HPV DNA-based approach also less expensive than standard biopsy Dec 02, 2021
Pathologists Consider 'Workaround' So Patients Don't Freak Out Over EHR Bad News Doctors worry patients will misconstrue language or be psychologically harmed without guidance Oct 28, 2021
Idaho Medical Association Asks State Board to Probe Disinfo Doc Officials urge investigation of Ryan Cole, MD, over his prescribing ivermectin for COVID Oct 14, 2021
We Know the Manner of Gabby Petito's Death. But What's the Cause? All we have at this stage is public speculation Sep 30, 2021
Disinfo Doc's License Renewed; COVID Up in U.K. Kids; AI OK'd for Prostate Cancer Dx A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Sep 22, 2021
Transplant Docs Are Sticking With Invasive Biopsies After Heart Transplants Agreement that non-invasive alternatives to EMB are not ready for routine rejection surveillance Sep 13, 2021
Another Ivermectin Flop; 'Instant' Lung Cancer Decision Tool; Triple COPD Tx & Death Highlights from the European Respiratory Society virtual meeting Sep 08, 2021
Molecular Changes Could Guide Metastatic Breast Cancer Therapy Study: some changes more common in metastases; matching drugs already exist for most Jun 28, 2021
Common Hospital PCR Test Affected by Viral Variant Cepheid Xpert joins three other tests for which B.1.1.7 can be problematic Apr 05, 2021
The Price of Missed Screenings; Win for CT Colonography; Targeted Prostate Screening News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Mar 18, 2021
Time to Revisit Distant Nodal Status in Breast Cancer Curability? Comparable survival for distant and regional nodal involvement, when treated similarly Mar 16, 2021
Whole-Genome Sequencing Makes a Case in Leukemia Study More actionable alterations detected in myeloid malignancies versus cytogenetics Mar 10, 2021
New Analysis Affirms Value of MRD in Multiple Myeloma Almost a 50% reduction in PFS hazard in patients with CR plus MRD negativity Feb 05, 2021
Primary Progressive Aphasia in Alzheimer's Doesn't Foretell Memory Loss No memory decline over more than 2 years in small study, though speech deficits grew Jan 13, 2021
Is This Really Cancer? Movement builds to classify Gleason 6 prostate lesions as nonmalignant Jan 09, 2021
Thinning, Leaky Brain Blood Vessels Seen in COVID-19 High-resolution MRI shows injury and inflammation, but no direct viral attack Jan 04, 2021
Pathologists Want First Crack at COVID Vaccines Also air complaints about reagent supplies, CMS policies on coronavirus tests Dec 10, 2020
Cause of Sudden Child Death Often Misclassified Study highlights systematic problem of inadequate death investigations Oct 30, 2020
Physicians Push Back on Trump's Claim of Inflated COVID Deaths Accusations provoke outrage; but president has his believers too Oct 27, 2020
What Are the Most Popular COVID-19 Tests? A roundup of the most commonly used diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 Oct 27, 2020
COVID Heart Autopsies Point More to Clot Damage Than Myocarditis Results bolster case for anticoagulation in hospitalized patients Oct 15, 2020
Was COVID-19 Really the Killer? Panel addresses determination of "death from" versus "death with" coronavirus infection Oct 15, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Matter Found in Autopsied Brain Tissue But neuropathological changes are likely immune-mediated, findings suggest Oct 07, 2020
CDC: Most Kids Dying From Coronavirus Had Underlying Conditions Enormous racial-ethnic disparities revealed as well Sep 15, 2020
Pathologists Explore COVID-19 Testing Challenges, Breakthroughs Supply shortages, particularly of reagents, persist; flu season could create further strain Sep 02, 2020
The World Brain Death Project: Answering the Wrong Questions Humility around death serves us and our patients best Aug 30, 2020
Smoking Gun Found for Virus in MIS-C Heart Damage Case First case report documenting viral particles in the heart in MIS-C Aug 24, 2020