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A large hospital-based cross-sectional study examined whether routinely measured serum alkaline phosphatase can indicate ...

Brad Reisfeld is a professor of chemical and biological engineering, biomedical engineering, and public health at Colorado State University. Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health.

A blood osmolality test measures the blood for the concentration of certain dissolved particles. This test can show whether a person has an irregular balance of fluids in their body. Osmolality tests ...

An Hgb blood test measures a person’s hemoglobin levels. This protein helps red blood cells carry oxygen and keep cells and organs functioning. Low hemoglobin is known as anemia. Hemoglobin is also ...

The blood test that detects nicotine is called a cotinine test. It measures recent tobacco use and exposure. Cotinine is a chemical that comes from the breakdown of nicotine in the body. A blood test ...

A simple pinprick blood test is emerging as a potential game-changer, capable of detecting disease signs up to a decade before symptoms appear. By analyzing hundreds of molecules, researchers are ...

When your doctor thinks you might have an infection or an allergy, a simple blood test should give answers within hours. But ...

Blood tests that promise to spot cancer before symptoms appear are racing toward clinics, pitched as a simple vial of blood ...

Grail's Galleri test screens for more than 50 different types of cancer from a single blood draw. (Getty Images) If you could take a simple blood test that could detect multiple types of cancer while ...