When a doctor suspects bladder cancer, they will order a series of tests which may include urine tests (urinalysis or urine ...

Researchers at McGill University announced Monday they have improved the efficiency of a method for converting human urine into clean energy. The method employs microbial fuel cells (MFCs), which use ...

There will come a point when we’ve gone too far with health tracking. One could argue we have already arrived, but sometimes we really need to overindulge to rein ourselves in. Case in point: we can ...

Introduction Urine testing is routinely done preoperatively in patients undergoing elective endourology procedures to ensure that any asymptomatic bacteriuria is picked up and treated. This practice, ...

New evidence from a six-country study led by the Montreal Children's Hospital and Children's National Hospital shows simple blood and urine tests could spare many young infants with fevers from more ...

Source: Getty Images Investigators analyzed exfoliated cells in urine specimens to identify 50 candidate RNAs for prostate cancer detection. Serum PSA testing is not specific to prostate cancer, and ...

[This is Part 2 of the post, “Any Medical Procedure Can Traumatize Your Child.”] As covered in Part 1, any medical procedure runs the risk of becoming traumatic based on a child’s emotional experience ...

Hong Xu receives funding from the Swedish Research Council . A simple urine test could reveal your risk of developing dementia decades before symptoms appear, a new study shows. For the study, my ...

Normal urine typically appears pale yellow to light amber, but liver problems can dramatically alter this familiar color pattern. When the liver struggles to function properly, waste products that ...

Researchers have developed two unique energy-efficient and cost-effective systems that use urea found in urine and wastewater to generate hydrogen. The unique systems reveal new pathways to ...

TV star Ben Grylls says he does it for survival – and teaches his reality show contestants to do the same. Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez practised this therapy to train for his 2009 fight with ...

Urine colour can provide important diagnostic information. For example, orange urine may indicate a urinary tract infection (UTI), liver disease, or bile duct disorder. Dr Marco Franzoi and colleagues ...