Blood tests revealed a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia), associated with anemia, which required blood transfusions. While the Holy Father remains alert and spent the day in an armchair ...

For example, with personalised medicine, instead of using generic reference ranges for blood tests, we’d look at your unique baseline and compare your results against this. This could be ...

Yes, that may be possible soon. Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) have developed a blood test called PAC-MANN. It is an abbreviation for “protease activity-based assay using a ...

Instead, measuring the levels of apolipoprotein B (ApoB) in a person’s blood might be more accurate, they say. But traditional lipid panel tests don’t pick up VLDL and IDL cholesterol levels ...

Other tests like a CBC (complete blood count) or CMP (complete metabolic panel) may be the next step. Recent studies allow doctors to pinpoint where damage may be. This is not always accurate ...