When it comes to lab tests, interpreting the clinical importance of an out-of-range result depends on how much experience a physician has, suggests research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

The need for understandable and transparent pricing for medical services in the U.S. has increased in urgency with the continuing rise of out-of-pocket healthcare costs. Americans are delaying ...

Can an industry be trusted too much? Vahe Ayvazian discusses the high level of trust that the healthcare system has in the diagnostics industry. Yet, with that trust comes invisibility: in the medical ...

Your kidney function test results are a measure of how well your kidneys are working to filter your blood and remove excess water and waste from the body. For example, the estimated glomerular ...

Results of standard laboratory tests performed on adult outpatients to provide an overall picture of their health are fairly consistent between those with obesity and their leaner counterparts, ...

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