Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health. To carry out these ...

Doctors often say labs look “normal.” Dr. Mark Hyman explains why that doesn’t always reflect wellness, and what early ...

A D-dimer test measures how much D-dimer protein is in the blood. This protein is present when blood clots break down. A typical range is 0-0.50 milligrams per liter (mg/L) of blood. D-dimer is a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...

Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration ...

What Is the CD4:CD8 Ratio Test Used For? CD4 and CD8 are two types of white blood cells in your blood. White blood cells help your body fight infections. If you have HIV infection, your doctor may use ...

Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...

HARP Doctoral Research Fellow and Haematology Registrar, Queen Mary University of London Stephen Hibbs receives funding from the Wellcome Trust through a HARP doctoral research fellowship. Kari ...