While the new Shield blood test may motivate more people to get screened for colorectal cancer, it also comes with downsides, ...

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

Blood tests are an important marker of your health. Not only do they help a doctor identify a variety of health conditions like infections, cholesterol, deficiencies of nutrients, organ failure, HIV, ...

Indian foreign inflows and lower crude oil prices might support the INR. Investors will focus on the US ISM Manufacturing PMI, which is due later on Tuesday. The Indian Rupee (INR) weakens on ...

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 ...

Your skin tone may also affect your reading. Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive test that measures the oxygen saturation level of your blood. It can rapidly detect even small changes in oxygen levels.

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 ...