Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...

Eurofins Viracor Laboratories is offering a new blood test that can assess organ damage from COVID-19, Kansas City Business Journal reported recently. The Lee’s Summit, Mo., lab signed an agreement ...

Abbott Laboratories logo is displayed on a screen at the NYSE in New York (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Abbott Laboratories' blood test that would help doctors assess ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has cleared Abbott’s laboratory blood test for concussion, making it the first commercially available ...

Brad Reisfeld is a professor of chemical and biological engineering, biomedical engineering, and public health at Colorado State University. Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health.

Lindsay Modglin is a nurse and professional writer who regularly writes about complex medical topics, as well as travel and the great outdoors. She holds a professional certificate in scientific ...

There are several lab tests for hemophilia. However, the main tests detect the clotting activity of factors VIII and IX, which are proteins in the blood. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which an ...

Swedish researchers found a blood test can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease with a 91% accuracy — about 20% higher than dementia specialists. The study, published July 28 in JAMA, used data from 1,213 ...

A blood osmolality test measures the blood for the concentration of certain dissolved particles. This test can show whether a person has an irregular balance of fluids in their body. Osmolality tests ...