A dangerously high blood pressure reading for women is 180/120 mmHg or higher. Learn more about the health risks and when to seek emergency care.

Blood pressure tends to rise in the early morning and peak by mid-morning due to circadian rhythm and other factors. Learn when this is normal or a serious medical concern.

Six of these molecules were found to be more accurate at predicting two-year survival than things like age and cholesterol levels.

Use of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing has led to thresholds for what qualifies as impairment in populations.

Research in Aging Cell indicates that blood levels of particular small non-coding RNAs, which regulate gene expression, may ...

A simple blood test could predict not only a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but also the year symptoms will begin.

Researchers developed a "clock" model that based on a single blood test can estimate Alzheimer's symptom onset in cognitively ...

Testing period blood for signs of cervical cancer could be an accurate and convenient way of screening for the disease, researchers say. The current NHS test involves a nurse or doctor taking a sample ...

CURRENTLY, ROUTINE CANCER screenings only cover a small slice of cancers. For men in the US, there are guideline-backed screening tests for just two cancers: colorectal and lung cancer (lung ...

Exclusive: DNA test means patients could be offered most effective treatment first, boosting their chances of beating the disease Scientists have developed a simple DNA blood test that can predict how ...

Finding the perfect early screening test for cancer remains a persistent challenge for the health industry. But new findings suggest that blood tests still being assessed are showing promising results ...

There’s new progress in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. About 1 in 9 US seniors has Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, which slowly impairs memory, thinking skills and the ability ...