I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the ...

Around four years ago, now 77-year-old John Gormly went for what was supposed to be a routine blood test. But the results were life-changing. The test suggested Gormly had colon cancer, which a ...

A routine blood test can predict how long cancer patients in palliative care will survive, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore. "Cancer patients in palliative care want ...

A mean corpuscular volume (MCV) test is a blood test that measures the size and volume of your red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to other body parts. An MCV test is often ...

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, a routine blood test called a complete blood count, or CBC, may do more than provide general health information. A new study ...

Staying on top of your health starts with knowing what your blood is telling you. These tests help detect silent threats early. Oghenerume Progress Follow As adults, one thing that you should never ...

False positive PSA results cause unneeded treatments. An expert panel has recommended against routine blood screening for prostate cancer, in a report published Wednesday in The BMJ. The panel, ...

Dr. Luc Morris, a surgeon and research lab director at MSK, was the co-senior author of a research study to predict who will benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy, using ...

Routine blood tests, on the other hand, are economical, easy to obtain, and available in every hospital. "Prediction of injury severity in the first days is clinically relevant for decision-making, ...

What Is an MCV Blood Test? MCV stands for mean corpuscular volume. An MCV blood test measures the average size of red blood cells, which have the critical job of carrying oxygen to your organs. If ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so ...

A San Diego company has earned FDA clearance for a device that could make blood testing easier. Truvian Health’s device, TruVerus, uses a small amount of blood to return routine tests quickly. The ...