General Healthcare News

In the fictional novel Saigon, Illinois, the main character, Holder, describes his experience working at a Chicago hospital during the Vietnam War as a conscientious objector beginning in the Summer of 1968. Holder describes the hospital as...

Significant news from Leica today -- CE Mark in Europe for in-vitro diagnostics. With recent news from other manufacturers as well (see: Visiopharm and Omnyx) this news is significant for the digital pathology market and clearances in the...

Summers and a couple of winter breaks in college I worked at a car wash in suburban Chicago. This was after I learned auto body work and auto detailing. It seemed to make sense to me to learn how to apply bondo, fix bumpers, paint and buff and...

A number of genetic diseases give their petients unique facial characteristics, Down’s syndrome probably being the most famous. While some physicians are able to spot specific diseases, there hasn’t been a systematic way of using facial...

Earlier this year I started a now 3-part series on the “State of Digital Pathology Today” with part 1 in January and part 2 in February. Since that time many changes have and are taking place in both the pathology market as a whole and...

Courtesy of AMA Wire Several major media sources report on research presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference on immune therapies for different cancers. NBC Nightly News (6/2, story 5, 2:25, Curry) reported, “In...