Since many school systems are becoming more and more test-score driven, what greets our children at the classroom door is not just a smiling teacher, but a battery of pre-tests. Of all of the tests ...

Requiring patients to get blood work and other tests before undergoing cataract surgery hasn’t been recommended for more than a dozen years. There’s good reason for that: The eye surgery generally ...

CT screening for lung cancer could save countless lives, but low participation rates have led to some eyebrow-raising proposals. Molecular methods, touted by those with a vested interest, promise to ...

Federal trucking regulators have extended through Sept. 30 a waiver from certain pre-employment drug testing requirements for truck drivers during the COVID-19 emergency. “In response to the COVID-19 ...

There may be occasions when it’s desirable to perform radiated immunity pre-compliance testing to levels higher than the near field probing methods I’ve described in an earlier blog posting and in the ...

Hiring qualified candidates is always a challenge, and with unemployment at historical lows, it’s harder today to find candidates that are both qualified and available than at any time in 50 years. In ...

Clinical genetic testing is now available for many inherited cardiac conditions (ICCs) including cardiomyopathies and ion channelopathies. Collectively affecting more than one person in 500, ICCs are ...