She is board-certified in internal medicine. A TSH test measures the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone in your blood. Abnormal TSH levels typically indicate a problem with your thyroid ...

Fasting for blood work is a common requirement. Fasting requires not eating food or drinking certain beverages for a specified period, typically 8-12 hours, before the test. Preparing for fasting ...

I got a blood test to figure out my cortisol levels and learned a lot about stress in the process. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at HelloGiggles, deputy editor at ...

In 1984, scientists made a crystalline alloy that had a seemingly impossible arrangement of atoms. They had discovered the first quasicrystal — a type of material that transformed ideas about ...

Yes, blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease are ready for prime time. So pronounced Suzanne Schindler, Washington University, St. Louis, in a keynote presentation at CTAD 2024 last month in Madrid. In ...

One of the easiest and most effective ways to determine your blood type is to have your doctor perform a test. A professional will draw blood and then perform two tests on the blood sample ...

Kidney function tests are simple procedures that use either blood or urine to help identify kidney problems. There are a few types of kidney function tests, which investigate various aspects of ...