A new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest cancers.

A new blood test has been found to detect early stage pancreatic cancer with 85% accuracy when used alongside a carbohydrate antigen 19-9 test, according to a study published Feb. 12 in Science ...

Up to half of all people living with Alzheimer's Disease in Ireland remain undiagnosed. Now, a new blood test may have the ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A study found that typical cholesterol tests measuring HDL and LDL levels might be missing an ...

For many patients, getting ready to have surgery means getting their blood drawn, their heart rhythm checked, or having other ...

Understanding Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Tilt Table Test A noninvasive procedure that monitors your blood pressure and other vital signs while you change positions from lying down to ...

A new blood test was found to detect colon cancer with more than 80% accuracy — and to rule it out for 90% of healthy people.

To conduct a TgAb test, a healthcare professional will take a blood sample and send it to a laboratory for evaluation. The results can inform a doctor if a person has an elevated level of ...

The researchers used tissue samples from IBD patients - but it is hoped their method can be used to develop a simple blood test to identify those IBD patients most at risk. Craig Foster Craig ...

Because concentrations are higher in urine than in blood or saliva, they’re usually tested for in urine. A 2019 study found that the cotinine urine test could detect whether a person had smoked ...

Final analysis of modified (m)-FOLFOXIRI plus cetuximab versus bevacizumab for RAS wild-type and left-sided metastatic colorectal cancer: The DEEPER trial (JACCRO CC-13). Single-cycle neoadjuvant ...

You may need to have follow-up blood tests. This is to see how your body is responding to the blood transfusion. The name of the test or procedure. The reason you are having the test or procedure.