Pathology Associates of Lexington, P. A. ("PAL")

05/13/2020

As to covid-19 testing (as of May 11th, 2020), the FDA has issued 92 EUAs (emergency use authorizations), which includes 12 antibody tests and 1 antigen test. In addition to pharmaceutical treatments, there are now TWO different plasma treatments: (1) convalescent (previously infected & contains anti-covid-19 antibodies) patient plasma and (2) therapeutic (normal plasma and "flushes out" virus by replacing infected plasma with uninfected plasma...a technique used in some other overwhelming infections) plasma exchange which has been tried with very good results & published in 2020 by physicians at Lexington Medical Center. A recent 9th case was therapeutic followed by convalescent.

03/03/2020

The best I have yet seen on avoiding infection during this new corona virus pandemic: https://www.facebook.com/ChapinNews/posts/2772490266305961

01/24/2020

Changes in our pathologists: Dr. John B. Carter retired 30 Sept 2019; Dr. Ervin B. Shaw remains attached with the group but into the Honorary Staff on 1/1/2020; and Dr. Brian C. Willis (had been in Lynchburg, VA) began as a group member 1/20/20.

10/21/2019

"Anti-vaxxers" forget that when they come down with flu or whatever they avoid getting vaccinated for, they endanger everyone who comes in contact with them if & when they become infected. Antibiotics came on the scene in the 1940s; see the TIMELINE on vaccine development goes back to 1797 (though only becoming more widely used beginning in the 1900s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_vaccines

09/28/2019

Along with w**d legalization, an industry has dumped one more way on society for a % of people who do it to possibly hurt themselves: va**ng. Here: http://blog.lexmed.com/page/3/

06/12/2019

Our pathology group and Lexington Medical Center have HUGELY benefited from outstanding PAs since Connie Watson became our first decades ago. Ted Mitchell, still there and senior PA, was our second PA.

Jesse McCoy explains what pathologists’ assistants do, where they come from, and how they serve as integral members of the laboratory medicine team

09/04/2018

Since the 1970s, our group and lab has used agar pre-embedding of many types of surgical path specimens. Here is one of the webpages (search website for all agar pages): http://www.palpath.com/MedicalTestPages/agards.htm. Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-XemdOqRPk&t=3s

Since 1977, the pathology lab at Lexington Medical center has used agar pre-embedding extensively. Here is our recipe for a weekly batch and the re-liquifyin...

02/17/2018

Recent news has noted that rapid flu tests may give false results. ALL lab tests of ANY type have false negative and false positive rates. For infectious diseases, PLEASE note that the rate varies depending on whether you test during the height of an infectious season or not. Here is the CDC about the rapid flu test:

Influenza rapid diagnostic tests RIDTs for clinical laboratory directors and laboratory workers - CDC

11/07/2017

SCAM on FB = WATCH OUT (note "anonymous" is name of the FB page)!!! SNOPES link follows (this interviewee is a naturopath...not a medical doctor & much of data he quotes was back in 1950s or so [we got antibiotics just before 1940]):

A compendium of misrepresentations led to a Facebook rumor claiming a long-dead doctor recently revealed that chemotherapy doesn't work.