Here you will find out about types of careers available to the CLS graduate. As a medical laboratory scientist, you will analyze blood, urine, tissue or other body specimens - these test results play an important role in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
This is probably one of the most confusing things in our field. Even in a state like California, where NDs are licensed as medical providers and the term naturopathic doctor is protected by law, people with questionable training can call themselves naturopaths..
Definition of CHD. 1  Take the Heart Disease Quiz!  CHD: Congenital heart disease, a malformation of the heart or the large blood vessels near the heart. Congenital heart disease is the most frequent form of major birth defects in newborns affecting close to 1% of newborn babies (8 per 1,000). There are a great many types of congenital heart disease.