Theranos Results Could Throw Off Medical Decisions, Study Finds

Good that these comparative tests are being done and publicized. Without clear, public performance metrics and regular accountability for those metrics, a medical test is worse than useless.

That said, they didn't fail on every test, so maybe there's hope yet for something similar to work, or for a fingerprick approach to be acceptable for certain tests.

Medicine is one of those areas where a small hiccup can have life threatening consequences. Smoke and mirrors, hype and secrecy must eventually yield to public accountability. It's good to see this getting out there.

Alternate sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/business/study-of-theranos...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/03/28/therano...

Why isn't there the same kind of backlash and scrutiny on bogus allergy tests like ALCAT?