As I moved into my early fifties, with a family history of diabetes on one side and colon cancer on the other, I realised I wanted more than reassurance, I wanted understanding. That is what led me to ...

The diagnosis from a simple blood test could have saved a South Jersey man's life. Why didn't he get it? Plus, test your ...

Is the Galleri multi-cancer blood test worth it? A doctor explains real-world performance data and explains why no major ...

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the IsoPSA blood test, which was developed by Cleveland Diagnostics, a ...

If kidney failure occurs, patients may need dialysis several times a week or a kidney transplant to survive. Global health ...

Researchers are examining whether samples collected show accurately certain biomarkers which denote abnormal proteins in the brain. Volunteers in the ongoing study undergo cognitive tests, an MRI and ...

A blood test, combined with an ultrathin material derived from graphite, could significantly advance efforts to detect Alzheimer's disease at its very earliest stage, even before symptoms appear.

There are indications that a simple finger-prick blood test could, in the future, detect Alzheimer's disease long before the first clinical symptoms become apparent. This is shown by research ...

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...

A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood test that measures a protein released in the blood by prostate cells. Both normal and cancerous prostate cells release the protein. Most of the time, ...

The tests have not been approved by federal regulators, but that hasn’t stopped patients from wanting them — and doctors from worrying. By Nina Agrawal In the spring of 2021, the cancer field was ...

HARP Doctoral Research Fellow and Haematology Registrar, Queen Mary University of London Stephen Hibbs receives funding from the Wellcome Trust through a HARP doctoral research fellowship. Kari ...