Screening for heart disease by measuring levels of C-reactive protein does not provide enough useful information to make the highly touted screening test worthwhile, a new study concludes. In fact, ...

Whenever we think of the highest marker for heart attack, cholesterol is the name that comes up first. Yet, there’s another blood test that might actually out‑shine cholesterol, in flagging your risk ...

Cancer, a leading cause of global deaths, can be detected early through blood tests, improving treatment outcomes. These tests analyze biomarkers like proteins and circulating tumor cells. Complete ...

A new trial will explore if a simple blood test can detect 10 different types of cancer in their very early stages. The test, known as Enlighten and developed by Proteotype Diagnostics, looks for ...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal malignancies, largely because it is rarely caught early and diagnosed too late for curative treatment. The five-year survival rate ...

A new tool could be used to help GPs identify patients who may be at higher risk of ovarian cancer. Ovatools combines a blood test which measures levels of cancer antigen 125 (CA125) – a protein often ...

Exact Sciences launched a blood test Wednesday that can detect many kinds of cancer, even before symptoms appear. It will become available from its website in October for $690.

An inflamed arterial wall tips the balance toward a plaque rupture-the kind of event that can trigger a heart attack or stroke in an instant. In parallel, the same lingering inflammation is linked to ...