Dr Rajan highlgihts that blood tests only offer a part of the picture. If you have persistent symptoms despite normal labs, they deserve to be evaluated.

Having your blood drawn might not be much fun, but regular diagnostic tests of your blood can detect diseases early for treatment and give your doctor and medical providers critical information about ...

Children living with obesity but showing no signs of metabolic complications still have a significantly increased risk of ...

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 ...

Your doctor will usually check your red blood cell count together with your other blood cell counts to look for conditions that cause low counts (anemia) or high counts. Many health conditions can ...

The Iowa Board of Regents this month voted to become test optional, permanently. That means Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa will no longer require the ...

If you’ve ever had a blood test for sugar, you’ve probably seen this term on your report—HbA1c. And for many people, it’s confusing. It doesn’t feel as straightforward as a fasting or post-meal sugar ...

This is Part 5 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. A busy medical student, Vanessa Apea wasn’t her usual ...

A surprising number of people feel off-balance even when medical evaluations indicate they're healthy. Common feelings of ...