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Staying on top of your health starts with knowing what your blood is telling you. These tests help detect silent threats early. As adults, one thing that you should never joke about is your health.

Blood tests are a quick and fairly easy way for medical professionals to detect serious health problems. Having your blood drawn might not be much fun, but regular diagnostic tests of your blood can ...

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According to a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology, researchers have found that a commonly measured ...

The results of routine blood tests could be used to speed up cancer diagnosis among people with stomach pain or bloating, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers. Most people who report these ...

A large hospital-based cross-sectional study examined whether routinely measured serum alkaline phosphatase can indicate ...

Measuring the lymphocytes—white blood cells that fight infection—in a patient's blood can be used to predict outcomes in ...

Blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease are becoming more accurate, but researchers stress the need for caution and further study.

False positive PSA results cause unneeded treatments. An expert panel has recommended against routine blood screening for prostate cancer, in a report published Wednesday in The BMJ. The panel, ...

This article was produced in partnership with the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Henry, a carpenter in ...