It happens every day at North Shore University Hospital’s busy emergency department in Manhasset — patients who have fallen and hit their head are brought in for evaluation and possible treatment.

A Miami man credits a routine blood test for saving his life. Ian Ferguson, 37, had no symptoms when he got standard blood work as part of a regular physical. When the test showed microscopic blood ...

A new blood test could change the outlook for one of the deadliest cancers—pancreatic cancer—by catching it much earlier than ever before. Researchers identified two previously unknown proteins in the ...

A simple blood test might detect women at risk for cognitive decline and dementia 25 years before any symptoms appear. The blood test looks for high levels of a protein called p-tau217, indicating ...

An integrated suite of bioassays provides a coherent workflow to track antibody Fc effector activity across every stage of mAb drug development Potency assays that fail during tech transfer or ...

In a nutshell: As the global population ages, Alzheimer's disease has become one of the most common forms of dementia affecting older adults. Traditional diagnostic methods are often expensive and ...

A protein lurking around in the blood can help with the accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. In a recent study, researchers from Spain investigated how blood-based biomarkers, such as a protein ...

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. By Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata A ...

WashU researchers have created a model that can seemingly predict a person's symptoms of Alzheimer's within a few years. Reading time 3 minutes Sickness and death are inevitable, but many of us will ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

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Grail's Galleri test promises to detect cancer signals in your blood. It's good at finding advanced cancers, but can miss early-stage cases. Telehealth company Hims & Hers is offering Galleri at a ...