The test looks for certain proteins in the blood that indicate the immune system is responding to the disease.

PHARMACY technician Mark McCormick went for a routine blood test but went on to get a shock diagnosis that affects thousands of Irish each year, admitting: “It wasn’t on my ...

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of ...

A new trial will explore if a simple blood test can detect 10 different types of cancer in their very early stages.

A groundbreaking blood test being studied in Virginia could detect 10 different types of cancer with a single screening, ...

Alzheimer ’s decline could be predicted with a simple blood test already offered to those at risk of type 2 diabetes. The disease is the most common type of dementia, with symptoms including ...

The blood test, and others like it, have been gaining momentum among doctors who use them to help detect cancers that ...

Many diseases don’t show clear symptoms until it’s too late. That’s why routine health checks, especially blood tests, are ...

People who use Kettering General Hospital’s blood testing service have been given another apology as high demand for the ...

Sheffield scientists are developing a blood test which could predict the likelihood of breast cancer spreading to the bone and becoming incurable thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now When ...

Question: I’m terrified of needles and especially nervous about getting blood drawn — to the point I feel dizzy/nauseous. I have to go for a blood test soon, and the thought of it is already ...