The aspartate aminotransferase (AST) test is a blood test that looks for liver damage by checking the levels of aspartate aminotransferase (also known as aspartate transferase) in your blood.

In this case, your body may release NRBCs into your bloodstream. This article will take a closer look at the NRBC blood test, including how to interpret results and what to expect after an ...

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A BLOOD test that can detect cancer before symptoms develop will be offered as part of an NHS trial, health officials have said. Initial tests show the blood test can detect up to 12 common ...

A lab will be renamed in memory of the late Deborah James (Alamy/PA) A blood test that can detect cancer before symptoms develop is being assessed for potential NHS use, health officials have said.

Conventional diagnostic tools, however, often miss early signs because they rely on periodic blood samples rather than continuous monitoring. "Traditional diabetes tests, while useful, do not ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a blood test capable of detecting cancers, the ways cancer resists treatments and tissue injury caused by non-cancerous conditions. The new test ...

Screening tests may help detect the disease. Blood tests are not yet available to screen for lung cancer, but this is something researchers are working towards. In this article, we look at how a ...

SALT LAKE CITY, April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ARUP Laboratories now provides a blood test for phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau 217) to assist in identifying whether cognitive decline symptoms in patients ...

Now, a simple and cost-effective blood test has been developed which is capable of detecting Parkinson’s disease (PD) long before the emergence of symptoms. Today, diagnosis of neurodegenerative ...