You could be missing out on some crucial information about your cardiovascular health that only this specific test can give ...

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 ...

I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the tourniquet had been left in place so long that it caused the red blood cells, ...

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 ...

Picture this: You've just finished your annual doctor's appointment. You feel good, and the routine tests your doctor ...

Around four years ago, now 77-year-old John Gormly went for what was supposed to be a routine blood test. But the results were life-changing. The test suggested Gormly had colon cancer, which a ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Alzheimer's Disease” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Eisai. The first hints that Gregory Nelson might ...