urine test

When you’re being treated for osteoporosis, a blood or urine test will provide clues or “markers” as to the progress of your treatments.

But, it is important to realize that markers alone cannot indicate whether or not a treatment is working.

(Ohio State University) Researchers have designed a urine test that can simultaneously measure the extent of a potential carcinogenic process and a marker of garlic consumption in humans.

In a small pilot study, the test suggested that the more garlic people consumed, the lower the levels of the potential carcinogenic process were.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- A novel rapid urine test for chlamydia offers accurate diagnosis for men without painful urethral swabbing, researchers said.

A newly discovered protein may be the key to a diagnostic test that could help emergency room doctors identify cases of appendicitis quickly and cheaply

WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- Biomarkers in urine may reliably identify children with appendicitis, researchers said.

Researchers continue to search for an accurate test for prostate cancer, the most common cancer among men in the developed world.