As the anthrax scare and concerns over bioterrorism continue to grow, journalists more frequently report on someone who underwent medical tests. If provided details on the results, it’s easy to get lost in a maze of alphabet-soup initials and decimal-pointed numbers.
Lab Tests Online can help, acting as a translator to interpret the results.
Lab Tests Online is a non-commercial Web site that sorts out the confusion of trying to understand what those doctor-ordered tests say about someone’s health. Put together and peer reviewed by clinical lab professionals, the site uses search boxes and easy-to-follow menus to describe those tests and texplain what they measure and how the numbers should stack up.
It starts out by offering a drop-down box of dozens of medical tests and procedures typically ordered by physicians. Find the one you are interested in and up pops a concise memo-like document that explains what was analyzed and, usually, what a good, bad, and average reading would be.
Another box lets you search by medical condition or disease, presenting very clear definitions on what the condition is, usually accompanied by hyperlinks that provide background material and information on how the disease is detected — often through, you guessed it, clinical lab tests.
Another search box is set up by age or medical circumstances to suggest what lab tests are recommended for the various stages of life.
There are a lot of medical sites online… this is one of the best I’ve found.
