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Blood test finds toxic Alzheimer's proteins
Scientists in Japan and Australia have developed a blood test that can detect the build-up of toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease.
Early blood test could indicate risk of miscarriage
A blood test in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy could indicate a risk of miscarriage or premature birth, early research suggests.
Blood test 'detects cancer relapse'
A blood test may be able to save lives by finding cancers that have started to grow again after treatment, a study suggests.
Blood test for Down's syndrome 'gives better results'
Testing pregnant women's blood for disorders in unborn children promises dramatic advances in medicine, researchers have said.
Blood test to help smokers 'find best way to quit'
A blood test could help people choose a stop-smoking strategy that would give them the best chance of quitting, research in the Lancet suggests.
Alzheimer's research in 'major step' towards blood test
British scientists have made a "major step forward" in developing a blood test to predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Blood test may predict suicide risk some day: study
U.S. researchers said Tuesday they have found a series of biomarkers in blood that may be used to identify who is at risk of suicide in the future.
District hospital makes thousands of false blood test results
VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of doing blood tests, staff of Hoai Duc Hospital in Hoai Duc District, Hanoi, copied the blood test results of one patient and gave it to many others. Many people got the same test results, affecting their diagnosis.
