For decades, the story of prostate cancer screening has been dominated by three letters: P-S-A. The Prostate-Specific Antigen blood test is the first line of defense for millions of men. Yet, for all ...

Devices used to measure biological readouts, known as biosensors, determine the concentration of a particular substance in a biological sample. While you may not recognize the name, you are probably ...

A simple urine test could reveal your risk of developing dementia decades before symptoms appear, a new study shows. For the ...

The earlier cancer is detected, the better the outcome for the patient. Now, researchers at MIT have developed a new diagnostic system that can be performed as a simple urine test to detect the ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Center have used a new method to detect chemical ...

A simple urine test could reveal your risk of developing dementia decades before symptoms appear, a new study shows. For the ...

Are we what we eat? This question has been much debated over the years, but a fast and cheap urine test might prove just that. Scientists in Australia, the UK and the US have created a urine test that ...

Chronic muscle loss doesn't simply make a person physically weaker. Among other things, it increases the risk of serious falls … and even death. A new urine test, however, could allow it to be ...

A new urine test could spare bladder cancer survivors from a painful follow-up procedure needed to ensure their cancer hasn't come back, researchers report. People who've gotten surgery for high-risk ...

Urine tests in the emergency department to rule out urinary tract infection (UTI) are often unnecessary, keep patients there longer than needed, and prompt too many antibiotic prescriptions, new ...