A urine analyser is a device used in the clinical setting to perform automatic urine testing. The units can detect and quantify a number of analytes including bilirubin, protein, glucose and red ...

A research team led by a University of Manchester Professor has shown that a urine test, developed previously in Leicester, leads to a drop in blood pressure in patients who had been struggling to ...

Burning fat produces ketones, a type of acid that ends up in your blood and urine that can make you very sick. Doctors regularly test for ketones in the urine of people with type 1 and type 2 ...

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Urinalysis is a commonly used diagnostic test in an obstetrics and gynecology practice and consists of both dipstick ...

Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels and Zantac. Yet newborns are taken from parents ...

When a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test produces an abnormal result, the next step is usually a prostate biopsy. A biopsy can confirm or rule out a cancer diagnosis, but it also has ...

Urine color changes from clear to orange with your hydration level but may also change due to food pigments or medications. Specific colors may indicate a condition that needs medical attention ...

C-peptide tests are usually done through a blood test. (Photo Credit: Moment/Getty Images) For a urine test, you will pee into a cup as instructed. For a 24-hour sample, you'll need to collect all ...

At-home menopause tests measure the levels of certain hormones in your blood, saliva, or urine. The primary hormone that these tests assess is FSH, which is released by the pituitary gland and is ...

The search strategy was developed by a medical librarian combining the terms false positive results, urine, and substance abuse testing and the generic names of 116 medications. When possible ...

Your doctor can run a very simple test on your urine to see if you have protein in there and, if so, how much, Dr. Moore says. “If this does show proteinuria—protein in the urine—your doctor ...