What you need to know A 58 year old man presents to his general practitioner (GP) to discuss recent blood test results after ...

A comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) is a set of tests that a doctor may order to find out more about a person’s overall health. These are routine tests that can help evaluate how well the body is ...

A hepatitis panel is a blood test that doctors use to diagnose hepatitis. Hepatitis refers to a group of viral liver diseases, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The blood test will ...

A new combined test panel called Lipid Profile ALT (Cholestech Corp., Hayward, Calif.) has received an FDA waiver from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) standards. The panel, designed ...

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine has reported on the functional relationship between serum creatine kinase (CK) and liver biochemistry to determine the accuracy of liver function ...

Dr. Christopher Kelly: A biomarker is a biological substance that can be objectively measured and tracked to provide ...

A prominent Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist who co-invented the Cologuard stool test for colorectal cancer now says he and his colleagues at Exact Sciences Corp. have also developed a highly accurate ...

Routine liver function tests (LFTs) typically comprise alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), bilirubin, ...

For accurate results, you may need to fast for certain tests. This requires you to avoid certain foods and drinks. Learn more ...