Joey showed symptoms of the condition that hits just 30 children every year, and now needs a bone marrow transplant ...

So the first child would present with these problems ... and determination was rewarded with a two-year pilot study of blood test screening for SCID at birth. Simultaneously he was approached ...

Joey Stowell, nine, from Cornwall, was a normal, “happy” boy according to his dad, Brandon Stowell, 30, before he started to ...

Children are especially vulnerable. Symptoms include headaches, behavioural problems, and developmental delays. Diagnosis ...

It took months for Brooke to get diagnosed. She was prescribed antidepressants, but nothing worked. That’s why researchers at ...

Researchers have developed a method to analyze extracellular vesicles (EVs) in blood for early detection of Parkinson’s ...

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

You might be more familiar with the term 'heel prick test' as it was formerly known, but the 'newborn blood spot test' is ...

Type 1 diabetes, not to be mistaken with the more prevalent type 2, is an autoimmune condition that arises when the body's ...

Cholesterol tests are well-established as an important part of a routine health screening – for adults. For young people, it's another story.

Prior to this, Summer, from Hampshire, had been "constantly poorly" and bruising easily. However, when Rebecca, 33, took her ...

A mother claims her GP said her four-year-old daughter was “faking it” a week before she was diagnosed with blood cancer.