Researchers are exploring a new generation of biochemical markers that may help clinicians detect myocardial contusion. A frequently overlooked form of heart injury caused by blunt chest trauma, ...

Tests that look at changes in biochemistry have an important application in medicine, including point-of-care cardiac testing and monitoring heart failure. Biochemical tests can also be used to ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Using Stockholm3 testing along with PSA threshold may identify more men with biochemical recurrence after prostate cancer surgery. PSA thresholds alone do not identify all men with prostate cancer ...

Genetic testing is a minimally invasive medical test that doctors use to identify genetic mutations or variants that can lead to certain diseases or conditions. Doctors use various types of genetic ...

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A new study finding that samples from maternal urine and the meconium of their newborn babies frequently produce different results is raising more questions about drug testing of pregnant women. The ...

Long-term radiological surveillance for nonfunctional pituitary adenomas in MEN1 may offer minimal benefit over clinical assessment.

Pheochromocytoma fascinates and, at times, confounds clinicians. The symptoms due to hypersecretion of catecholamines can mimic more than 30 medical disorders. 1 This rare tumor can be lethal if left ...

In a move aimed at revising and standardising laboratory testing charges for drugs, vaccines, and traditional medicines, the ...