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.

It happens every day at North Shore University Hospital’s busy emergency department in Manhasset — patients who have fallen and hit their head are brought in for evaluation and possible treatment.

A Miami man credits a routine blood test for saving his life. Ian Ferguson, 37, had no symptoms when he got standard blood work as part of a regular physical. When the test showed microscopic blood ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Some companies now offer multi-cancer early detection ...

A new blood test could change the outlook for one of the deadliest cancers—pancreatic cancer—by catching it much earlier than ever before. Researchers identified two previously unknown proteins in the ...

The tests could help to improve dementia care, but scientists say there are still some caveats and unknowns. By Dana G. Smith Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or ...

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early – sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at ...

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early – sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at ...

A simple blood test might detect women at risk for cognitive decline and dementia 25 years before any symptoms appear. The blood test looks for high levels of a protein called p-tau217, indicating ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." According to the NIH, Alzheimer's disease accounts for up to two-thirds of dementia cases in people 65 ...

Originally from Northern California, Dr. Sam Asgarian came to love New Orleans while volunteering for cleanup post-Hurricane Katrina. His goal was always to become a primary care provider, wanting to ...

Galleri, a blood test that aims to detect over 50 cancers, illustrates the promise and popularity of an emerging technology to screen for cancer. Although the blood test is not approved by the Food ...