A company is looking at blood as a possible diagnosis tool for mental illness. Blood tests can check for infections and high cholesterol, but currently, they can’t test for mental illness or pain. A ...

A blood osmolality test measures the blood for the concentration of certain dissolved particles. This test can show whether a person has an irregular balance of fluids in their body. Osmolality tests ...

From robotic surgery performed 7,000 miles away to the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, 2025 has been a ...

Although state officials have promised that blood testing will start in mid-July for people exposed to perflorochemicals, an information meeting about the testing process won’t take place until July ...

A D-dimer test is a lab test that helps diagnose blood clotting conditions. The test measures the levels of a protein fragment that remains in your blood after multiple blood clots break down. A high ...

Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration ...

It takes a certain amount of confidence to call your biotech company Grail. According to its website, the Menlo Park–based firm got its name because its “co-founders believed a simple blood test could ...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)), a leading global medical technology company, and Babson Diagnostics, a science-first ...

Pituitary tumors are atypical growths that develop in the pituitary gland. They are typically noncancerous. Doctors often use blood tests as a first step in diagnosing pituitary tumors. The pituitary ...

But whether patients should be getting the tests—as some already are—is not yet clear. New blood tests can detect cancer recurrence earlier than traditional scans, potentially giving doctors and ...

Nobody likes having blood samples taken, which is why it's always good to hear about possible alternatives. One of the latest takes the form of a self-powered skin patch that painlessly gathers ...