A new 18-gene urine test demonstrated higher diagnostic accuracy for high-grade prostate cancer compared with existing biomarker tests, a study showed. In applying a testing approach with 95% ...

A test for pee-based markers of prostate cancer has previously relied on an uncomfortable first step. A new study has revealed that the now-available test remains just as accurate without it, paving ...

Alzheimer's is a slow-moving neurodegenerative disease. Decades can pass before clinical symptoms appear, and even when they do it's challenging to identify the disease in patients with mild cognitive ...

PredicineCARE is a urine-based NGS assay under FDA review for bladder cancer companion diagnostics, detecting genetic alterations in cancer-related genes. The test uses a capture-based method to ...

A urine protein test measures the amount of protein in a urine sample. A doctor may suggest this test to help evaluate and monitor kidney function and potentially detect kidney damage. The kidneys ...

In her late 20s and attending college in Texas, Elizabeth Moreno suffered from debilitating back pain caused by a spinal abnormality. "I just could not live with the pain," she says. "I couldn't get ...

The sooner cancer is diagnosed, the higher the chances of survival are for patients because treatment can start immediately. Doctors often look for markers that would confirm the presence of a tumor, ...