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 ...

Each test requires just 100 microlitres of blood and costs less than $2 (Rs 168) in materials. While developed for glioblastoma, the researchers believe the technology can be adapted for detecting ...

A blood test for cholesterol and inflammation can help predict a person’s long-range risk of heart disease Women with the highest levels of three blood markers had a more than threefold increased risk ...

Researchers said they’ve determined a new way of testing blood could predict a woman’s 30-year risk of heart disease, according to the National Institutes of Health, which supported the study.

Women had their hsCRP, LDL-C and Lp(a) levels tested in a blood sample obtained when they enrolled in the WHS. The primary endpoint of the study was a first major adverse cardiovascular event ...

SINGAPORE – A blood test that could tell if someone has Alzheimer’s disease could be on the cards in the coming years, as researchers in Sweden have found that measuring two biomarkers in ...

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that measuring three independent biological markers in a blood sample can better predict the risk of major cardiovascular events over the ...

The newly developed 'liquid biopsy' uses only 100 microlitres of blood and can detect biomarkers ... type of brain tumour-in just one hour. The test, which is more accurate than any known approach ...

There is currently no national screening programme for prostate cancer and the standard blood test, which measures levels of a protein called prostate-specific antigen (PSA), is not accurate enough.

Measuring the levels of three biomarkers in blood in midlife may give women a ... to improve their health before it’s too late. The tests highlighted in the study are not new.