The American Cancer Society is now adding blood tests to its guidelines for colorectal cancer screening. Here's what that ...

For the first time, a blood test has been added to the list of the American Cancer Society’s recommended screenings for ...

It’s increasingly common to see headlines and social media conversations about the rise in colorectal cancer among younger ...

For years, Mainers have learned their drinking water, farms and, in some cases, workplaces exposed them to elevated levels of ...

A single blood test could help doctors predict how lung cancer patients will respond to treatment before therapy begins, ...

It's quick to spot a tick, but harder to know if that tick carries Lyme disease. Emergency room visits for tick bites provide important data for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but ...

Figuring out how advanced a patient’s Alzheimer’s disease has become could be made much easier with this method.

Matt Fuchs writes about science, health, aging, and well-being. His Substack is Prime Factors and he is a 2026-2027 Knight-Wallace Fellow. Matt Fuchs writes about science, health, aging, and ...

Scientists at Mass General Brigham have created HPV-DeepSeek, a blood test that can detect HPV-linked head and neck cancers nearly a decade before diagnosis. By finding viral DNA in the bloodstream, ...

Scientists have created a blood test that can estimate when Alzheimer’s symptoms are likely to begin. By measuring a protein called p-tau217, the model predicts symptom onset within roughly three to ...

Virtually every living thing on Earth, from Patagonian penguins to newborn human babies, has been touched by the synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. In fact, you ...

Malaysia, high-risk pregnancies are becoming an increasingly common aspect of modern maternal healthcare, as more women embark on motherhood later in life, often with underlying conditions such as ...