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• Effort Could Lead to Blood Tests for Heart Problems

  March 31 (HealthDay News) -- A new project to discover blood markers that could identify ...

• Genetic Test for Heart Disease Risk in the Works

  February 8 (HealthDay News) -- Perhaps five years from now, you might actually hear your ...

• Arterial Calcium Scans Can Predict Death Risk

  June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Scanning the heart's arteries for calcium deposits accurately predicts the ...

• 14 New Blood-Typing Tests Approved

  Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it's approved 14 ...

• Screening Proposed for Childhood Cholesterol Levels

  Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A simple blood test early in life could identify children ...

• Falling Platelet Counts May Signal HIV-Linked Dementia

  Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- HIV-infected patients with declining blood platelet counts may be at ...

• Blood Test Warns of Dangerous 'Deep Belly' Fat

  July 13 (HealthDay News) -- A protein in blood points to rising amounts of a ...

• Many Men Getting Unnecessary Prostate Cancer Blood Tests

  July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Too many American men are receiving inappropriate PSA (prostate-specific antigen) ...

• Blood Protein Could Predict ICU Patients' Death Risk

  June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Levels of a naturally occurring blood protein can help doctors ...

• Home Blood Sugar Monitoring Questioned

  June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Home monitoring of blood sugar levels may not be as ...

• New Devices Shine a Light on Blood Sugar Control

  June 25 (HealthDay News) --Two new devices that use light to measure diabetics' blood sugar ...

• Study Tests Blood Stem Cells to Boost Immune System

  June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A new method of increasing blood stem cells could one ...

• Abnormal Red Blood Cell Count Spells Trouble in Surgery

  June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Older men who have too few or too many red ...

• Blood Clot Screening Program Is Expanded

  June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Organizers have expanded and updated a free national screening program ...

• Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Lower Blood Pressure

  June 5 (HealthDay News) -- A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids -- found in ...

• Blood Marker Could Point to Alzheimer's Risk

  May 30 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have zeroed in on blood biomarkers that could someday ...

• Spike in PSA Blood Level Points to Prostate Cancer's Aggressiveness

  May 30 (HealthDay News) -- A rapid rise in blood levels of prostate specific antigen ...

• Trial of Blood Pressure Drug Offers Hopeful Early Results

  May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting what they call promising early results from ...

• Premature Babies Face Future Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure Problems

  May 17 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born early and underweight have a greater chance of ...