No matter your age, regular blood work can be an important tool for understanding and optimizing your overall health. Finding certain markers in your blood allows healthcare professionals to gain ...

A magnesium blood test measures the amount of magnesium, an important mineral, in your blood. Your body needs magnesium from ...

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A new way to screen for colon cancer is giving Americans more options to spot the disease in its early stages. According to the American Cancer Society, 1-in-3 adults do not get screened as ...

Have you ever met someone in their 60s who looks 42? Or, maybe that person is you. Some people maintain great health well into their later years of life. This can be a result of genetics, lifestyle ...

Australian pharmacies now offer rapid tests for perimenopause, iron, vitamin D levels and more. Experts weigh in on whether they’re worth using ...

A simple blood test can be a novel way to figure out whether cancer treatment will work. Doctors at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology developed a blood test to screen cancer patients and ...

If you’ve ever had a doctor order a blood test for you, chances are that they ran a complete blood count or CBC. One of the most common blood tests in the world, CBC tests are run billions of times ...

Last August, philanthropist Bill Gates toured the Dage Lab at the IU School of Medicine with Tatiana Foroud, executive associate dean for research affairs, and Jeff Dage, senior research professor of ...

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early—sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a ...

Because the risk of many conditions increases with age, doctors generally recommend more frequent lab testing as you get older. This is because many health risks increase with age, and early detection ...