A new generation of Alzheimer’s blood tests could speed up diagnosis and access to care—but they also raise thorny questions ...

The tests look for bits of altered DNA that cancer cells shed into the bloodstream. The screening technology holds hope of finding cancers early, when they might be cured.

A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is typically followed by years of uncertainty, grief and a painful decline into oblivion.

Early detection of brain diseases can help slow disease progression and enable timely interventions. Here's what Dr Jay ...

Just one drop of blood could reveal if you have pancreatic cancer. A new test called PAC-MANN can pick up signs of the disease in people’s blood, even at an early stage, researchers report February 12 ...

A new report from the American Cancer Society found that the incidence of prostate cancer went up 3% annually from 2014 to ...

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