For the first time, the World Health Organization has published a list of diagnostic tests that it considers essential to every health care system in the world. The list, published last Wednesday, is ...

Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...

ATLANTA -- A Georgia Tech lab was created during the Cold War to conduct tests for the military, but it now has a much more grounded mission: To find ways to make everyday items more accessible to ...

Photo demonstrates tear sample collection with a Schirmer strip for testing of biomarkers associated with breast cancer. The methods for detecting breast cancer have not developed much during the last ...

At-home sleep tests are convenient and cheaper than lab studies. But there are some major differences you should know before buying. Taylor Leamey Former Senior Writer Taylor Leamey wrote about all ...

Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by ...

Preeclampsia tests include blood pressure readings, urine tests to look for protein, and other lab tests to check for changes in the blood or liver. Doctors may also perform a physical exam. Health ...

A Lyme disease blood test helps determine if you have contracted the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, which is transmitted through infected ticks. The test looks for Lyme disease-specific antibodies ...