Ureteral stents are widely used to relieve obstruction and protect kidney function, but they can also become blocked, ...

It is almost 60 years since the original Wilson and Jungner1 criteria for evaluating population screening programmes were published, with the tenets presented having stood the test of time. Liver ...

Bladder cancer arises from the lining of the bladder, the organ that stores urine, and is one of the most common cancers in ...

Repeated noninvasive stool DNA testing could offer greater real-world effectiveness than colonoscopy for colorectal cancer ...

A new blood test could determine a woman’s dementia risk as early as 25 years before symptoms emerge. That’s according to new research from the University of California San Diego, which found that a ...

The blood biomarker p-tau217 has "shown the most promise in detecting Alzheimer's in the brain," researchers of a new study say. Reading time 3 minutes Your blood might someday reveal much about the ...

As people age, it becomes harder to know who is on track for healthy years ahead and who may be at higher risk for serious decline. A new study suggests that part of the answer may already be ...

A large, three-year clinical trial designed to demonstrate how Grail’s blood test for early cancer detection could work in a broad population has preliminary results showing reduction in late-stage ...

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. By Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata A ...

Newly FDA-cleared blood tests are now making it easier for doctors to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. But could a single blood test also predict when patients' symptoms will appear? A study published ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

UC San Diego Health researchers develop a simple test to detect pulmonary arterial hypertension before it leads to heart failure. LA JOLLA, Calif. (KGTV) - New research from UC San Diego Health shows ...