This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Preparing properly for lab tests helps ensure your results are accurate and reliable. Some tests — ...

This article was reviewed by Darragh O’Carroll, MD. Blood tests are one of the most widely used and helpful tools in modern medicine. Whether ordered in a clinic or done through an at-home kit, they ...

One of the most rapidly accelerating health trends today is direct-to-consumer lab testing, in which users pay a company for a certain test, collect their own mouth or nasal swabs, finger-prick blood ...

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 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing to step up its oversight of a growing category of medical tests called laboratory-developed tests. The FDA approves and clears many types of lab tests ...