If you want to do a quick health test and give yourself an estimate of how long you've got left to live then all you need is a functioning hand and a tennis ball. Most people have two of the former, ...

In the brain, Alzheimer’s is characterized by two proteins, amyloid beta and tau, that become dysfunctional, forming plaques ...

Delaying in-hospital blood draws by just 2 hours helped sleep quality and quantity, researchers find. Now, some hospitals are ...

If you get a high reading at the doctor's office, it may not be definitive. Here's what to know about your risk — and testing ...

The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and apolipoprotein B.

News of the outbreak has left worried students and parents scrambling for answers about their own risk, whether more people could fall ill and the warning signs to watch for.

A coroner said there was a "risk future deaths could occur" unless action was taken after a man with sepsis died after a GP's ...