When it comes to cancer, waiting for symptoms may soon be old news. Telehealth company Hims & Hers began offering a blood ...

After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney transplants: being able to transfer ...

Rodney E. Rohde has received funding from the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA), and other public and private ...

You can learn your blood type through medical records, a blood test, blood donation, or an at-home kit. Knowing your blood type is important for emergencies, surgery, and blood donation. A third of ...

Reesha Ahmed was on cloud nine. It was January and Ahmed was at an OB-GYN's office near her home in Venus, Texas, for her first prenatal checkup. After an ultrasound, getting anti-nausea medication, ...

Quest Diagnostics debuts a new blood test for myeloma MRD, offering NGS-level sensitivity and a less invasive alternative to ...

Efforts to develop lab-grown blood cells for blood transfusions may soon materialize. Since 2021, the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has been working on RESTORE— a project ...

Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a "robust alternative or replacement" for current cervical ...

Blood tests are a simple and practical tool for understanding your health and guiding your care. Different types of blood tests provide different kinds of insight. Some focus on diagnosis, while ...

Blood draws for several kinds of diagnostic tests require you to fast for several hours. Eating or drinking anything besides water can skew the results, leading to you needing to be retested. You may ...

Blood tests look for markers in the blood that may indicate non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood tests alone cannot diagnose lymphoma, but they can help with diagnosis. A doctor may order blood tests to look ...