Our bodies do not age at a uniform rate. The speed at which one organ ages can differ greatly from another due to a range of ...

Also known as the thumb-palm test, the thumb test doesn’t necessarily indicate that someone currently has an aneurysm. Rather ...

They may recommend taking a high dose of vitamin D for the first few weeks just to try and get you back to normal. You’ll want to test again about six months later to see if that supplementation was ...

Now, scientists have developed a new blood test that can do just that. It’s called the Systems Age test, and it can measure ...

A new blood test can identify cancers of the head and neck caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) up to 10 years before symptoms appear. This is the discovery of Mass General Brigham researchers who ...

For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon ...

Summer is certainly the most carefree season of the year, but fall is when everything gets back on track. Routines are ...

Researchers are studying tests called liquid biopsies, which can provide vital information about cancer genes using only a blood sample. A blood test to find cancer even before it shows any symptoms ...

A soil fungus fuels valley fever, now reaching beyond California and Arizona due to climate change. UC Davis doctors and ...

Move over blood tests, sweat could soon be the new way to assess the body's health status. Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a wearable ...

Ambulance workers’ neglect contributed to the death of a teenager with meningitis, a coroner has found. Zara Cheesman, from Mapperley Park in Nottingham, died on 23 December 2024 at Queen’s Medical ...

Scientists continue to make progress with research on how well pig organs might perform in humans, and now they’re ready for the next step: larger-scale clinical trials. eGenesis, one of the biotech ...