Because the risk of many conditions increases with age, doctors generally recommend more frequent lab testing as you get older. This is because many health risks increase with age, and early detection ...

A magnesium blood test measures the amount of magnesium, an important mineral, in your blood. Your body needs magnesium from ...

What Is an MCV Blood Test? MCV stands for mean corpuscular volume. An MCV blood test measures the average size of red blood cells, which have the critical job of carrying oxygen to your organs. If ...

A new way to screen for colon cancer is giving Americans more options to spot the disease in its early stages. According to the American Cancer Society, 1-in-3 adults do not get screened as ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - March is Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month, bringing attention to a disease that doctors say many people ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. A snapshot of my Function Health test results Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. The last time I went to the doctor, I lived in a different ...

A simple blood test can be a novel way to figure out whether cancer treatment will work. Doctors at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology developed a blood test to screen cancer patients and ...

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early—sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a ...

Have you ever met someone in their 60s who looks 42? Or, maybe that person is you. Some people maintain great health well into their later years of life. This can be a result of genetics, lifestyle ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the cancers where, if found early, it has a 91% chance of survival for the patient. If you find ...