Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD A mean platelet volume (MPV) test measures the average size of platelets in your blood. Platelets are blood cells that your bone marrow makes. Healthy platelets ...

Titer tests are what's used "to help you determine if you currently have immunity to certain diseases due to past infection or vaccination,” says Dr. Alison Mitzner, a New York board-certified ...

A team at Scripps Research has created a microchip that can rapidly reveal how a person's antibodies respond to viruses using only a drop of blood. This game-changing technology, called mEM, condenses ...

There are molecular testing gaps in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment, highlighting ...

Objective To report the diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for the detection of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in febrile infants aged 90 days or less attending the emergency department ...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive disease of the bile duct system. The bile duct system carries bile from the liver and gallbladder into the first part of the small ...

The 28-year-old and his brother were killed in the early hours of Thursday morning when their Lamborghini crashed in Zamora, ...

Effects of prehospital 12-lead ECG on processes of care and mortality in acute coronary syndrome: a linked cohort study from the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project ...

New research links a common blood test used in diabetics to determining faster Alzheimer’s decline. Find out how the TyG index could help predict brain health.

A simple saliva test could transform the lives of millions of children and adults worldwide who are on the keto diet to manage their epilepsy, and who currently endure uncomfortable finger prick ...

A blood test for insulin resistance (a hallmark of diabetes) may offer clues about the speed of memory loss for people with early Alzheimer’s disease.

A 68-year-old woman from Guadeloupe has been confirmed as the sole known carrier of a newly discovered blood group named ‘Gwada negative’. Officially recognised as the 48th blood group system by the ...