In July, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new blood-based test to screen for colorectal cancer (CRC). The FDA's approval of Shield (Guardant Health) marks a notable achievement, as ...

A team of UK researchers has developed a pioneering blood test that could enable doctors to detect and monitor lung cancer in ...

A new bipartisan bill would end the coverage gap for dementia screening, allowing early diagnosis when treatments are most ...

Grail's Galleri test screens for more than 50 different types of cancer from a single blood draw. (Getty Images) If you could take a simple blood test that could detect multiple types of cancer while ...

The FDA recently cleared the Lumipulse blood test for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in people 55 and over with memory loss. The noninvasive Lumipulse blood test measures the levels of two ...

BNP may help doctors identify HCM patients at highest risk of serious heart complications, improving monitoring and treatment ...

A new blood test that screens for colorectal cancer has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The blood sample needed for the new test, called Shield, can be obtained at a ...

A new blood test means it is now possible to detect cancer up to 18 months before symptoms even appear. Test for Cancer has launched the HrC Genomics blood test, a non-invasive screening tool designed ...

What if a single blood test could determine whether you had one of 14 types of cancer? That's the question posed by a study published in November in the journal Cancer. Conducted by researchers at the ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways A potassium blood test measures the potassium level in your blood to ...