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September 4, 2026Blood tests for fatigue are among the most common lab requests in primary care, and a new federal report shows…
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September 2, 2026No single blood result confirms ulcerative colitis. Here is what blood and stool markers actually measure, and what a 2026…
September 1, 2026A blood test that detects circulating tumour DNA flagged breast cancer recurrence an average of 7.9 months before scans. What…
August 31, 2026A prediabetes diet is usually judged by the number on the scale, but a randomized trial published on 27 August…
August 30, 2026Eosinophils sit at the centre of asthma treatment decisions, and a study published at the end of August 2026 in…
August 29, 2026Familial hypercholesterolemia is the reason a cholesterol test now belongs on the checklist for healthy children, not just for adults…
August 28, 2026A Yale team reports that moderate calorie restriction lowers complement activity in humans, and that this tracks with less age-related…
August 27, 2026A pancreatic cancer blood test cannot, on its own, tell you whether a new targeted drug is an option for…
August 26, 2026People who live past 110 carry an unusual abundance of cancer-killing CD4 T cells. What that means for the lymphocyte…
August 25, 2026A gut microbiome test reads the bacteria living in your intestine from a single stool sample, and new research suggests…
August 24, 2026A widely shared study links 5,000 IU of vitamin D a day to higher cognitive scores in older adults. That…
August 23, 2026On 20 August 2026, a Swedish study of 376,511 people measured the real-world benefit of the at-home stool test: a…
August 22, 2026A prediabetes A1c result sits in an awkward place: high enough to be flagged, not high enough to be called…
August 21, 2026EBV reactivation describes what happens when the Epstein-Barr virus, which stays dormant in the body of almost every adult after…
August 20, 2026A practical guide on thyroid nodule risk assessment published on 19 August 2026 restates the order of operations. The blood…
August 19, 2026A standard blood panel measures cholesterol, glucose and liver enzymes, but not bile acids. A study published on 18 August…
August 18, 2026Coffee and blood sugar are usually discussed one cup at a time: does this espresso push my glucose up? A…
August 17, 2026An analysis of two decades of US lab results found serum bicarbonate rising by about 7 percent while calcium and…
August 16, 2026A study published in August 2026 has put ultra-processed foods and prostate cancer back in the headlines. Researchers at Florida…
August 15, 2026The possible link between endometriosis and diabetes returned to the news on 14 August 2026, after a large American cohort…
August 14, 2026Vitamin D and belly fat are usually treated as two separate health topics, but new research suggests they may matter…
August 14, 2026An MS blood test is not yet a way to diagnose multiple sclerosis, but it is quickly becoming a way…
August 12, 2026A testosterone blood test is the single measurement that decides whether a man is treated for low testosterone, and in…
August 11, 2026An analysis of 20,070 adults presented at SCAI 2026 defines a second lipoprotein(a) threshold at 175 nmol/L, above which the…
August 10, 2026Full-fat dairy and cholesterol have been tied together in dietary advice for four decades, so a Canadian trial reported on…
August 9, 2026Persistent diarrhea — loose or watery stools that keep returning for more than two weeks — is one of the…