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Introduction The English NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) uses guaiac based faecal occult blood test (FOBT) as the screening tool, with people with a positive result undergoing colonoscopy.

A simple blood test could provide the first reliable diagnosis for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and end the lengthy process of trying to identify the debilitating condition, scientists have found.

Indiana University School of Medicine researcher Jeff Dage’s years of research into biomarkers helped lead to a first-of-its-kind blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.

Key TakeawaysThe test looks for a specific immune response to gluten within a person’s blood, and can detect celiac disease even if a person is on a gluten-free diet for their GI symptoms ...

The tests now used to diagnose celiac disease require patients to eat gluten, the protein that provokes an autoimmune reaction, then chart their response. But a new blood test promises to change ...

In 6 of those cases, researchers went back and checked older blood samples from the same people, taken more than three years before the diagnosis. In 4 of those cases, cancer markers were already ...

2. Complete Blood Count (CBC) Purpose: Measures levels of red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), platelets, and hemoglobin. People with SCD commonly experience low hemoglobin and hematocrit ...

TREATMENT. THIS TEST DOCTORS HERE AT E.G.H. TELL ME IS A GAME CHANGER. IT CAN MINIMIZE LATE STAGE CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND ACTUALLY DETECT CANCER YEARS BEFORE A PATIENT WOULD HAVE EVER KNOWN WITH ONE ...

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For six of these eight individuals, researchers were able to assess additional blood samples that were collected 3.1 to 3.5 years prior to diagnosis.