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 ...

Because the risk of many conditions increases with age, doctors generally recommend more frequent lab testing as you get ...

There are several lab tests for hemophilia. However, the main tests detect the clotting activity of factors VIII and IX, which are proteins in the blood. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which an ...

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

Tarrytown, New York, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 93% of patients expect their doctor to order a test upon request17% have requested a lab ...

Blood tests may be the first step in diagnosing leukemia. However, additional testing is usually needed to make an accurate diagnosis. Leukemia is cancer that starts in bone marrow stem cells. These ...

Efforts to develop lab-grown blood cells for blood transfusions may soon materialize. Since 2021, the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has been working on RESTORE— a project ...

Rodney E. Rohde has received funding from the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA), and other public and private ...