A simple finger prick blood test may help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, according to research revealed this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Amsterdam. The blood ...

A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify p-tau217 — a key biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) — without the need for temperature or storage control measures. In a pilot study, researchers ...

Early detection of Alzheimer's is becoming a reality thanks to a new home-collection blood test.

A new finger-prick test for Alzheimer's disease has shown similar accuracy to traditional venous blood sampling techniques. The corresponding study was presented on October 30th at the Clinical Trials ...

Daniel Levner, co-founder of Israeli startup Sight Diagnostics, is accustomed to fielding questions about Theranos, the Silicon Valley diagnostics company that flamed out after its much-hyped ...

Tracking fluctuations in blood glucose levels is crucial for monitoring diabetic patients. Strict glucose monitoring reduces the risk of hypoglycemia, which can be potentially fatal if it’s not ...

Researchers have developed a simple finger-prick test that scans a single drop of blood to rapidly determine whether the body has been exposed to toxic levels of radiation. Catastrophic radiological ...

A coronavirus antibody test that requires just a finger prick, takes only 20 minutes for a result and is virtually 100% accurate could be available by the end of the year, the developer says. The UK ...

Researchers are investigating if a finger prick blood test could be used to detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier than with traditional methods. Researchers looked at 77 people with Alzheimer’s disease.