Dr. Luc Morris, a surgeon and research lab director at MSK, was the co-senior author of a research study to predict who will benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy, using ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grail's Galleri test screens for more than 50 different types of cancer from a single blood draw. (Getty Images) (Getty Images) If ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so ...

Around four years ago, now 77-year-old John Gormly went for what was supposed to be a routine blood test. But the results were life-changing. The test suggested Gormly had colon cancer, which a ...

While no one loves to get their blood drawn, these tests can reveal much about our health, providing information on ...

A mean corpuscular volume (MCV) test is a blood test that measures the size and volume of your red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to other body parts. An MCV test is often ...

High immune inflammation detected through simple blood tests is tied to a 57% higher risk of depression and a 56% higher risk ...

Guardant co-CEO Helmy Eltoukhy says the shift to personalized treatment and earlier diagnosis is here at the WIRED Health ...

When cancer is detected earlier, it can improve outcomes for patients. Liquid biopsies are one way to improve cancer detection; these tests can analyze DNA in blood samples, which can reveal the ...

It started with a routine blood test before surgery. What doctors discovered next hadn’t been seen in medical history. For decades, most of us thought blood types were simple: A, B, AB, or O—each with ...

What Is an MCV Blood Test? MCV stands for mean corpuscular volume. An MCV blood test measures the average size of red blood cells, which have the critical job of carrying oxygen to your organs. If ...