How to live longer

How to live longer

It would be cool if there was some medication that could lengthen one’s lifespan (while at the same time, keeping the skin plump and rosy). (more…)

Can you solve this case?

From time to time I like to present little cases as unknowns…kind of like you’d see if you were a medical student or resident rotating through surgical pathology. (more…)

How does the ESR work?

Q. Could you please explain the ESR?

A. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), also called a sedimentation rate or sed rate, is a test that is performed by putting blood in a tube  (more…)

Is metaplasia pathologic?

Here’s a good question someone asked about metaplasia.

Q. I have a question about metaplasia. It seems that the other types of altered cell activity are classified as either physiologic or pathologic. (more…)

Giant multinucleated cells

There are a bunch of different kinds of big, multinucleated cells in pathology. Here’s a question that you can use to test your knowledge of these cells. (more…)