The announcement that Joe Biden has prostate cancer is the latest example of how the final chapters of his political career ...

Standard medical practice is to not test men who have a life expectancy of less than 10 years for prostate cancer.

Harris County Public Health starts spraying operations after confirming a positive West Nile virus mosquito sample in ...

Biden’s cancer diagnosis this week raised a flurry of concern for his health — and suspicions about why it hadn’t been ...

The Lumipulse blood test identifies the presence of amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease that impairs normal ...

ABC News has broken down what former President Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis means and what possible treatments can be done.

Blood tests will not only confirm the diagnosis of anemia, but also help point to the underlying condition. Tests might include: Only in rare cases will a doctor need to remove a sample of bone ...

Along with your symptoms, the most telling signs are the ... To rule it out, a doctor can use a needle to take a sample of fluid from one of your achy joints. If uric acid crystals are present ...

This test analyzes the physical and chemical properties of cells in a sample of blood or bone marrow. It helps identify ...

In “The Age of Diagnosis,” Suzanne O’Sullivan challenges some common assumptions about how we detect and treat disease.

(Photo courtesy CDC) An example of Koplik spots during a measles infection. (Photo courtesy CDC) Then comes the rash, which typically appears three to five days after the first symptoms.