By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A large prospective study suggests that a routine creatinine blood test may help flag people at higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures, revealing a narrow “sweet spot” where ...

Understanding your creatinine levels is important for monitoring kidney function. When you go for your yearly check-up, you'll likely have a routine blood test for creatinine. In some ...

A new blood test may help detect liver cancer earlier in people with chronic liver disease, potentially improving access to ...

What these buzzy new tests can and can't tell you.

A routine blood test can predict how long cancer patients in palliative care will survive, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore. "Cancer patients in palliative care want ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so ...

With diabetes increasing silently, regular blood sugar testing is crucial for timely diagnosis and better health management. Know why it matters.

I let ChatGPT analyse my blood tests and got confident medical advice, if you consider the AI never asking about my exercise ...

Published in the latest edition of Heliyon, the study titled "Differentiating Viral and Bacterial Infections: A Machine Learning Model Based on Routine Blood Test Values" presents a novel VIRUS vs.

Testing vitamin D levels in the blood is not prohibited, but including it in routine blood tests is not medically justified, the Health Insurance Fund says.

A blood test, combined with an ultrathin material derived from graphite, could significantly advance efforts to detect ...