Current Affairs

The New York Times (9/24, A12, Tavernise, Subscription Publication) reports that the Food and Drug Administration announced on Monday that “a small portion of the rapidly expanding universe of mobile health applications” would be...

More investments being made overseas in digital pathology for clinical use.  This time within China using digital pathology for clinical applications including quality assurance. MEDITE Joins UNIC Technologies in Key Alliance to Expand...

For more information the strange tale of Einstein's brain, the pathologist who performed his autopsy at Princeton in 1955, recommend reading "Driving Mr. Albert" or "Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain" and you can begin...

Medscape (subscription required) had an article last week called "GAO Suspects Monetary Motive in Physician In-House Pathology". Whoo. That's good. I thought the GAO may have been looking into this with a multi-part report for reasons other...

In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) there is a classic scene addressing brain hematomas and the differences between 2oth century medicine: "A simple evacuation of the expanding epidural hematoma will relieve the pressure!" and  23rd...

Thanks to a colleague for alerting me to a recent story from the Boston NPR website written by a practicing pathologist on a recent experience with a patient who requested a one-on-one consultation with him to review her slides and...