Coupling biomarker-guided screening with a targeted treatment bundle reduced newborn mortality, hospital stays, and other complications over standard care, according to a recent study.

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.

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For someone living with diabetes, blood sugar can change throughout the day. These changes might occur after a large meal, an unexpected delay in medication, a brisk walk, or even a stressful work ...

Blood glucose is not a fixed number. Understanding when to test could help make every reading more relevant and more useful in your daily life. For someone living with diabetes, blood sugar can change ...

If a medical test result is inconclusive, the sample did not provide enough information to confirm a positive or negative result. A person may need another test. People can have various medical tests ...

Background: The osmotic fragility test (OFT), conventionally used for assisting the diagnosis of many erythrocyte disorders, is a manual and time-consuming analysis not daily performed in many medical ...

The aim of this study was to verify validity and reliability of the scores for physical exercise in leisure (PEL), leisure and locomotion activities (LLA), and total score (TS) of the Baecke habitual ...