After years of 'sciatica' pain, a blood test revealed an inflammatory arthritis diagnosis.

Even a routine blood test may come with an overnight fasting requirement. Many medical practices still ask patients to go ...

An overnight fast may make little meaningful difference to many routine blood tests, according to a large analysis of ...

Decades after people brought their blood sugar back into the normal range, their hearts were still showing the benefit.

Students are being encouraged to find out their blood type and become donors as the NHS seeks a new generation of volunteers ...

The impact of fasting on blood test results is analyte-specific, with most routine tests showing minimal differences, ...

A seroprevalence study of nearly 7,000 Ethiopian school samples applies new WHO guidelines for Strongyloides stercoralis ...

Or had her cancer returned? “Because I have the BRCA2 gene, I have a higher chance of the cancer coming back,” she says. “The ...

Only Abbott offers a complete screening solution combining end-to-end support with both stool- and blood-based colorectal ...

The earlier a cancer can be diagnosed, the better the chances of treating it.  It is to that end, that a group of Israeli ...

NHANES 1999–2018 CKD adults (n=3965) showed 1163 deaths; RAR quartiles ranged from <2.93 to ≥3.45, enabling population-level ...

Fasting fewer than 8 hours or more than 12 hours before a routine blood test did not significantly impact the results, new ...