ALS, the most common form of motor neuron disease, can take a long time to diagnose, but a blood test could help doctors spot ...

A simple blood test has been shown to be 98% accurate at distinguishing between patients with ALS and those without the ...

According to Mount Sinai, a hospital system in New York, some older patients can benefit from getting a 25-hydroxy test to ...

As part of my work, I rely on various health-related biomarkers, many of which are measured using conventional blood tests.

They’re getting to the heart of the issue. Doctors say a simple “three-pronged” blood test can accurately predict a patient’s risk of heart attack and stroke 30 years ahead of time.

A highly accurate diagnostic blood test has been developed for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive ...

Known as the "silent killer", high blood pressure has become a serious epidemic. Take this test to find whether you are at risk. Read each question carefully and answer as truthfully as possible.

A new type of blood test is available which promises more accurate information about the likelihood of a patient having the disease and, alongside traditional care, means urologists can make more ...

Platelets, the small cell fragments circulating in your blood, are essential for healing injuries by clumping together to ...

In a study published July 29 in Advanced Materials, University of Texas at Dallas researchers found that X-rays of the ...

Blood tests for cancer detection, known as liquid biopsies, can still be unreliable, but progress is being made. Competition between different diagnostics companies is also intensifying.