Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pathology analyzes bodily fluids and tissues using a variety of methods. Alvaro Lavin/Moment via Getty Images Medical laboratory ...

Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

The properties of the blood and the ease of its retrieval make it a useful source for doctors to analyze to measure specific features of homeostasis within patients. This allows for accurate diagnosis ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

A medical laboratory scientist (MLS), also known as a medical technologist or clinical laboratory scientist, works in a medical laboratory analyzing a variety of biological specimens. They are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rodney Rohde,PhD is a Professor and Chair for the Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) Program in the College of Health Professions ...

An estimated 70 percent of all health care decisions depend on medical laboratory testing, which makes the National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 21-27, a good time to get smart about ...

In a recent blog, I discussed the change in nomenclature for the conditions formerly known as Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and schwannomatosis. This change was based on the results of an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why should anyone care? Laboratory testing is the single highest-volume medical activity affecting Americans, and it drives about ...

Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...