SiPhox Health, with MIT roots, is developing a home blood testing device using a silicon photonic chip, yet to be FDA ...

When a patient's blood flows through catheters, stents or other medical devices, there's always a risk that harmful clots may ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD A vitamin D test is a blood test that measures the level of vitamin D (calciferol) in ...

Scans using lasers and ultrasound can pick up signs of a malaria infection through the skin, without the need for a ...

and stop the bleeding with a cotton ball or bandage. They’ll label the tube of blood and send it to a lab. Some medicines, vitamins, and supplements can impact your test results' precision.

Using a highly promising approach to speed breast cancer diagnostics, researcher W. Andy Tao of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research is studying how specific blood particles could be used to catch ...

More research is needed to test the safety and effectiveness of the patch, but researchers believe it could lead to an electric bandage that could control infections without drugs.

also called a sedimentation rate test or sed rate test, measures how quickly red blood cells sink to the bottom of a test tube. A high rate of settlement indicates high levels of inflammation.

During an annual checkup, the patient says: “Doc, I saw a commercial about a blood test that can tell if I’ll develop Alzheimer’s. I watched my mother go through it. I want to get tested.” ...

Renal failure tests can include blood and urine tests to measure how well your kidneys are filtering out waste and to check for proteins like albumin. You may also need imaging tests or a kidney ...