Blood tests are an important part of routine diagnostic evaluation when it comes to your health. A prime example is the yearly lipid panel your doctor orders to assess your cholesterol levels and risk ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. A major Alzheimer’s ...

A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study published Wednesday, offering a new kind of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths. The test looks for DNA fragments shed by tumor cells ...

The FDA has approved a groundbreaking blood test for colon cancer screening, offering a less invasive and more accessible ...

Occult blood refers to small traces of blood that a person cannot see in their stool. The presence of blood in the stool could be a sign of an underlying condition. Health experts often use this test ...

A tissue transglutaminase IgA test or tTg-IgA test is an effective method used in the diagnosis of celiac disease. It is a blood test that checks for antibodies or immunoglobulins, which are proteins ...

More than 300,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer globally each year. The four-year clinical trial across 15 ...