The anion gap blood test measures the acid-base and electrolyte balance in the blood. Results can show whether there is an imbalance in a person’s pH levels, which may be making the blood too acidic ...

With March being colon cancer awareness month, it’s a good time to look at some startling numbers on the disease here in the ...

Take glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) for example—the HbA1c test revolutionized the way we diagnose and manage diabetes because it ...

A large proportion of people living with diabetes may have undiagnosed heart failure, according to results from a recent ...

New research finds a blood test accurately diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease in patients. The blood test was 90% accurate in the study. This blood test is currently available in the U.S. Alzheimer’s ...

Plasma eMTBR-tau243 also could help identify people with high tau burden ...

It looks like a Mr. Coffee machine, but a new device from Burlington-based SiPhox Health runs on blood. Insert a few drops, and the machine will use laser light and microchips to identify dozens of ...

"No cancer signal detected." The blood test results popped up in my online health portal without much fanfare. A doctor would chat about them with me later, congratulating me on the "phew"-worthy ...

Sometimes it may feel like almost every visit to the doctor includes a dreaded blood draw. Blood tests can reveal a lot about the state of your health. But whether you should get a specific test (and ...

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