It happens every day at North Shore University Hospital’s busy emergency department in Manhasset — patients who have fallen and hit their head are brought in for evaluation and possible treatment.

A new blood test could change the outlook for one of the deadliest cancers—pancreatic cancer—by catching it much earlier than ever before. Researchers identified two previously unknown proteins in the ...

A new study from the University of California, San Diego, suggests a simple blood test could help predict dementia decades before symptoms appear. Researchers analyzed blood samples from more than ...

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of early detection. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in Tennessee, despite being highly ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." According to the NIH, Alzheimer's disease accounts for up to two-thirds of dementia cases in people 65 ...

Originally from Northern California, Dr. Sam Asgarian came to love New Orleans while volunteering for cleanup post-Hurricane Katrina. His goal was always to become a primary care provider, wanting to ...

In a nutshell: As the global population ages, Alzheimer's disease has become one of the most common forms of dementia affecting older adults. Traditional diagnostic methods are often expensive and ...

New research shows a simple blood test can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms, leading to earlier therapeutic care Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...

A new study conducted by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis researchers found that a single blood test could predict when someone is likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The study ...

A simple blood test could predict not only a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but also the year symptoms will begin. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St.

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. By Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata A ...

WashU researchers have created a model that can seemingly predict a person's symptoms of Alzheimer's within a few years. Reading time 3 minutes Sickness and death are inevitable, but many of us will ...