New Tests For Respiratory Illnesses Can Look For More Than 20 Pathogens At A Time

 Is it Covid or the Flu?  New Combo Tests Can Find Out by Roxanne Khamsi.  The New York Times.  May 11, 2021.  

Test Approved To Locate Prostate Cancer Cells Wherever They Are

New Scan Finds Prostate Cancer Cells Hiding In The Body by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  December 16, 2020.   

Negative Covid-19 Testing Result May Not Mean That You Are Not Infected; Assume The Worse And Consider The Context

If You Have Coronavirus Symptoms, Assume You Have The Illness, Even If You Test Negative by Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D.  The New York Times.  April 1, 2020.

How To Interpret Your Medical Tests Numbers

How To Interpret Your Medical Tests Numbers by Consumer Reports.  The Washington Post.  December 9, 2019.

Genetic Tests For Infectious Diseases Offers Opportunity Speedy, Non-invasive First Step For Unusual Cases

New Gene Tests For Germs quickly Reveals Source Of Infections by Marilynn Marchione.  AP.  June 12, 2019. 

Blood Test To Detect Concussions Approved by FDA

First Blood Test To Detect Concussions Is Approved by Sheila Kaplan and Ken Belson.  The New York Times.  February 14, 2018. 

No Doctor Required Medical Tests: Pros And Cons

Direct-To Consumer Lab Tests, No Doctor Visit Required by Anahad O'Connor.  The New York Times.  June 6, 2016

Liquid Biopsy Show Promise To Make Cancer Diagnosis Less Painful And Risky

'Liquid' Cancer Test Offers Hope For Alternative To Painful Biopsies by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.  June 4, 2016

Genetic Counselors Struggle To Keep Up With Huge New Demand

Genetic Counselors Struggle To Keep Up With Huge New Demand by Todd Bookman.  Kaiser Health News.  April 18, 2016

Cautionary Tale of Theranos: Any Revolution Must Be Validated

Theranos Was Supposed To Revolutionize Blood Tests.  Now Its CEO Faces An Industry Ban by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  April 13, 2016

Liquid Biopsy Firms Attract Big Bucks VC Funding; Have Many Obstacles Including Accurate Interpretation Of Results

Bezos, Gates Chase Dream Of A Blood Test That Detects Cancer by Caroline Chen.  Bloomberg.  April 6, 2016

New Sequencing Approach Believed to Be Able To Detect All Infective Viruses At Once

Detecting All Invective Viruses At Once.  Genetic Engineering News.  Sept 30, 2015. 

Urine Biomarkers For Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer Identified; Perhaps Key To Survival For A Disease With Few Specific Symtoms

Urine Test For Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer Possible After Biomarker Discovery by Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund/Medicalxpress.  August 3, 2015. 

FDA Approved Authoritative Blood Test Outside A Lab

A Second FDA Approval Frees Theranos To Do A Blood Test Outside Lab by Roger Parloff.  Fortune.  July 16, 2015

Comprehensive Screening Of Virus Exposure Could Help Identify Hidden And new Viral Infections

Cheap Blood Test Reveals Every Virus You've Ever Been Exposed To by Jessica Hamzelou.  New Scientist.  June 4, 2015. 

Fingerprints Provide Drug-Use Evidence That Cannot Be Faked

Fingerprints Show Success As Cocaine Drug Test Via Chemical Secretion by Chris Weller.  Medical Daily.  May 15, 2015. 

By Spotting Precursor To Alzheimer's MRI Technique Offers Hope

New Non-Invasive Method Can Detect Alzheimer's Disease Early.  Science Daily.  December 22, 2014.

Body Mass Index: Strengths And Limitations

Much-Criticized Body Mass Index Endures As A Fatness Guide by Jo Craven McGinty.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 15, 2014.

Major Study Finds No Conclusive Reason To Recommend P.S.A. Prostate Cancer Screening For All

Cancer Screening Still Not Recommended For All by Tara Parker-Pope.  The New York Times.  August 6, 2014.

Personalized Medicine and Innovation Pitted Against Patient Safety Considerations In F.D.A. Acts to Regulate Lab Testing

F.D.A. Acts On Lab Tests Developed In-House by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.  July 31, 2014.