NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a dipstick test suggests there's blood in the urine, the next step should be to examine a sample of the urine under a microscope to make sure the dipstick result is ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. Patients are determined to have prostate cancer primarily based on *PSA, a cancer factor in blood. However, as diagnostic accuracy is as ...

At-home drug tests are urine or saliva tests that can identify if illegal or prescriptions drugs are present in your body. These tests are an alternative to going in person to a laboratory or other ...

Researchers have created a urine-based test that detects pieces of DNA fragments released by head and neck tumors. The test could potentially facilitate early detection of this cancer type, which ...

Testing for genetic mutations in urine can detect bladder cancer years before the disease shows clinical symptoms, new research has shown. The study, by researchers from France, Iran and the United ...

Fifty fragments of proteins, termed peptides, have been identified in the urine of liver fibrosis patients in a new study that could pave the way for a potential diagnostic urine test for the ...

An alcohol urine test involves a lab testing a person’s urine sample for the presence of alcohol. Three types of this test exist. One measures unmetabolized alcohol, while the others measure two of ...

This was a pilot-controlled trial carried out among 72 patients (34 cases and 38 controls) in southwestern Nigeria. The cases were those with histopathological diagnosis of CRC while controls were ...