Run-of-the mill? Middle of the road? Typical? The chance that you are correct is vanishingly small. If you're a clinician, like me, you get a LOT of medical questions. While we've all been asked to ...

The properties of the blood and the ease of its retrieval make it a useful source for doctors to analyze to measure specific features of homeostasis within patients. This allows for accurate diagnosis ...

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health. To carry out these ...

A differential blood test enables a doctor to determine how many white blood cells are in the body. There are five types of white blood cell, and the test also shows how many of each type are present.

The RA latex turbid test helps diagnose rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases by detecting rheumatoid factor (RF) in the blood. A higher-than-normal result on the RA latex turbid ...