Despite knowing common risk factors of heart disease, some people may still develop heart disease without obvious symptoms. This is why doctors are increasingly using tests that can identify hidden ...

An ancient molecule that existed long before the circulatory system evolved has been found to support cancer immunotherapy.

Eosinophils are white blood cells that play a key role in how the immune system responds to infections, allergies, and some serious illnesses. High levels usually mean the body is reacting to ...

Research presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London suggests that the use of blood ...

Sensing that breast cancer ran in certain families, the geneticist Mary-Claire King and a team of researchers at UC Berkeley ...

If you’ve ever had bloodwork done, you know that understanding the clinical terms and lab values can feel like reading a foreign language. ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) can be a ...

What if a blood test could predict potential health problems rather than diagnose when the damage has been done? This is the ...

The limbo between having blood drawn and receiving the results can be stressful for patients. Then the jargon-filled blood test report arrives before a doctor can review it and translate the findings.

Smartwatches may transform blood sugar tracking, but today’s advances depend on CGMs, AI, and regulated health tech integrations. For years, smartwatch makers have promised to make our wrists the next ...

Blood tests on the horizon, and under federal regulatory view, may be about to transform cancer care — and survival. The Food and Drug Administration has been evaluating a blood test called Galleri ...

When something goes wrong in the brain of people with dementia, often it’s more than one thing. But it can be hard to tease apart multiple brain diseases, especially in the early stages, or even ...

For years, doctors relied only on written memory tests, invasive spinal taps and expensive imaging to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Now, two Food and Drug Administration-cleared blood tests are ...