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 ...

The idea is straightforward: Take a blood test now, even without symptoms, and learn if you could some day develop Alzheimer’s disease. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

The vision of a single blood test that could screen for dozens of different cancers has tantalized oncologists for more than a decade. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

The U.S. Air Force announced a test of the Family of Affordable Mass Munitions-Lugged, with photos showing the weapon was a Rusty Dagger low-cost cruise missile. The U.S. Air Force announced that it ...

Lana McDonald, a 34-year-old teacher from Massachusetts, got an Oura Ring two years ago to track her sleep. When she got an email from Oura selling a set of blood tests for $99, she was intrigued. Her ...

Share on Pinterest A single, low cost blood test that measures for small DNA fragments could detect multiple diseases. Image credit: Universal Images Group via Getty Images Researchers have developed ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Some companies now offer multi-cancer early detection ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Liquid biopsies look for cancer signals in the blood, and while the tests for early ...

A new blood test could change the outlook for one of the deadliest cancers—pancreatic cancer—by catching it much earlier than ever before. Researchers identified two previously unknown proteins in the ...

The tests could help to improve dementia care, but scientists say there are still some caveats and unknowns. By Dana G. Smith Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or ...

A blood test that can tell if you have cancer? A flurry of such tests that look for multiple cancers with a prick are in various stages of development. The one that is furthest along, Galleri, was ...

Blood tests that detect a protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease could help predict the age at which the disease may strike people long before they develop symptoms, according to a new study. But ...