A creatinine clearance test measures GFR by examining creatinine levels in your urine over 24 hours. Lower results in your age range might indicate poorly functioning kidneys or decreased blood ...

Pathologists across the country are calling for better access to blood tests to identify which patients are vulnerable to life-threatening reactions to medications.

What Is a Phosphate Blood Test? A phosphate test measures the amount of phosphate in your blood. Phosphate is what you get when you combine the mineral phosphorus with oxygen. When you eat certain ...

Share on Pinterest Two experimental blood tests have shown promise in picking up on early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Image credit: MaaHoo/Stocksy. One area is focusing on biomarkers ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) --New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many people choose this alternative, a new study ...

With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home. "Heart attacks require ...

BLOOD TEST: A Comedy, by Charles Baxter If you’re ... in the shower or had a dose of the latest designer disease,” a list that starts to feel Whitmanesque in its appraisal of American malaise.

During an annual checkup, the patient says: “Doc, I saw a commercial about a blood test that can tell if I’ll develop Alzheimer’s. I watched my mother go through it. I want to get tested.” ...

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A review into the death of a one-year-old boy suffering from undiagnosed leukaemia has determined it was “reasonable” that he ...

A simple test that checks the levels of a certain protein in the blood could “reliably rule out” Alzheimer’s in those being investigated for the disease, according to its developers.