A new blood test that could help doctors identify whether a patient has Alzheimer’s disease was cleared by the FDA last week.

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The complete blood count routine test provides a snapshot of your body's blood production and immunity. The test measures a variety of components in your blood, including red blood cells, white blood ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to another blood test to help assess Alzheimer’s disease and other ...

What is the MCHC Blood Test? A mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) blood test measures the amount of a protein called hemoglobin in your red blood cells. It’s one of many measurements ...

What Is a RDW Blood Test? An RDW blood test – also known as a red blood cell distribution width blood test – is a measure of the difference in your red blood cells’ size and volume. RDW is one part of ...

A blood test that screens for more than 50 cancers is correct in 62% of cases where it thinks people may have the disease, a ...

Blood draws for several kinds of diagnostic tests require you to fast for several hours. Eating or drinking anything besides water can skew the results, leading to you needing to be retested. You may ...

Guardant's liquid biopsy only requires a few vials of blood. Can it really prevent cancer?

And when they controlled for a handful of variables (like age and health conditions), they found that the women with the ...

Blood pregnancy tests can tell you if you're pregnant 6 to 14 days after conception. You'll need to wait longer before taking a urine test.

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