Pancreatic cancer is another disease that could benefit from a blood-based diagnostic test. Unlike colon cancer, pancreatic ...

A new study by researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) offers an alternative solution via a technique called photoacoustic ...

Blood glucose is usually measured using invasive methods involving pricking small needles into the skin. However, people suffering from diabetes have to test their glucose levels many times a day.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is collaborating with Netherlands-based medical robotics company Vitestro to test whether ...

Blood tests in epigenetics ... an invasive and risky procedure of inserting a needle into the uterus to obtain fetal DNA. He thought long and hard about the "possibility that the fetus might ...

Millions of diabetic patients who rely on invasive methods involving needle pricks to check their blood sugar levels may soon ...

Before the test, you may get medicine to prevent pain and help you relax or sleep. During the biopsy, nurses will check your heartbeat and blood pressure ... places the needle into the bone ...