An at-home liver test can check for liver disease or help monitor an ongoing condition by measuring certain proteins, enzymes, and bilirubin in your blood. Taking this test can help shed light on the ...

A prominent Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist who co-invented the Cologuard stool test for colorectal cancer now says he and his colleagues at Exact Sciences Corp. have also developed a highly accurate ...

Comprehensive metabolic profile testing (panels) is widely used to screen individuals who present for routine evaluation, as well as those referred for elevated liver enzyme values. The standard ...

A new combined test panel called Lipid Profile ALT (Cholestech Corp., Hayward, Calif.) has received an FDA waiver from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) standards. The panel, designed ...

Liver function tests (LFTs) are comprised of a panel of five to eight analytes that are processed inexpensively in large batches. LFTs are one of the most commonly performed "blood tests" in primary ...

A DNA-based blood panel developed by Exact Sciences and the Mayo Clinic accurately detected liver cancer across all stages of the disease and outperformed the most commonly used serum test in a phase ...

A comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) is a set of tests that a doctor may order to find out more about a person’s overall health. These are routine tests that can help evaluate how well the body is ...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is among the most prevalent chronic liver disorders worldwide and can sometimes lead to severe conditions like cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. As such ...

Doctors are ordering too many liver-related blood tests at the same time, new research shows, which may lead to unneeded worry, biopsies and costs. Instead of 'overtesting', the researchers say, ...

Your first appointment is a time for you and your physician to meet. You might meet your advanced practice provider, too. Before this visit, your physician will have already met with a group of ...