Blood proteins may offer new clues to gut health in coeliac disease
Coeliac disease is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system reacts adversely to gluten. Eating gluten causes…
Routine blood test may offer clues to future dementia risk
A common blood test already carried out during routine health checks may contain clues about a person’s long-term…
New iron deficiency guidelines raise key blood test cutoffs
Could current blood test cutoffs be missing iron deficiency? New guidelines recommend higher ferritin thresholds for key patient…
Blood biomarkers help track gut pathology in celiac disease
Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system reacts adversely to gluten. Eating gluten causes…
Blood test detects breast cancer more than a year before scans
A personalized blood test called Pathlight detected circulating tumor DNA a median of 13.8 months before metastatic breast…
Blood test detects more cancers when added to standard screening
A single blood draw that screens for more than 50 cancers substantially increased cancer detection when added to…
FDA clears innovative blood test for earlier Alzheimer’s diagnosis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing an innovative blood test with underlying technology…
A single blood test could offer a glimpse of disease risk years in advance
A single blood draw may reveal which cell types are aging fastest, offering a new window into disease…
The Health Suite among first in UK to offer blood test that screens for more than 50 cancers
A Leicester GP clinic has become one of the first private healthcare providers in the UK to offer…
Test that could identify signs of Alzheimer’s disease 20 years earlier greenlit for trials
The ability to test for signs of Alzheimer’s disease decades earlier could be a step closer with a…
Blood test may predict which colorectal cancer patients benefit from chemotherapy
A blood test may help identify which patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver are…
Simple blood test could identify the most effective obesity drug
A simple fasting blood test measuring two key incretin hormones could help match patients with severe obesity to…