The Doctor Is In: PSA or no PSA?

Guest post by Phillip K. Peterson, M.D. All adults—even doctors when they become patients—are faced with decisions about diagnostic tests and treatments.  One of the biggest controversies in recent years in the arena of diagnostic testing has been the value of the blood test for prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a screening tool for prostate…

The Doctor Is In: PSA or no PSA?

Guest post by Phillip K. Peterson, M.D. All adults—even doctors when they become patients—are faced with decisions about diagnostic tests and treatments.  One of the biggest controversies in recent years in the arena of diagnostic testing has been the value of the blood test for prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a screening tool for prostate…

Mammalogists by the thousands

Guest post by John L. Koprowski Just across the pond in Belfast, Northern Ireland, more than a thousand mammalogists are attending the 11th International Mammalogical Congress from August 11-16, 2013, which is hosted by Queen’s University. This large international congregation brings together one species of social mammal (Homo sapiens) interested in other mammals as model systems for…

Mammalogists by the thousands

Guest post by John L. Koprowski Just across the pond in Belfast, Northern Ireland, more than a thousand mammalogists are attending the 11th International Mammalogical Congress from August 11-16, 2013, which is hosted by Queen’s University. This large international congregation brings together one species of social mammal (Homo sapiens) interested in other mammals as model systems for…