If kidney failure occurs, patients may need dialysis several times a week or a kidney transplant to survive. Global health ...
If you’ve ever had a doctor order a blood test for you, chances are that they ran a complete blood count, or CBC. One of the most common blood tests in the world, CBC tests are run billions of times ...
Even "normal" kidney test results may mask hidden risks if theyre unusually low for your age and sex, signaling higher ...
Why “normal range” doesn’t always mean healthy on your lab results Your doctor says everything looks fine, but you still feel terrible. The problem might not ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...
HARP Doctoral Research Fellow and Haematology Registrar, Queen Mary University of London Stephen Hibbs receives funding from the Wellcome Trust through a HARP doctoral research fellowship. Kari ...
Labs calculate normal by testing everyone who walks through the door, including patients with undiagnosed conditions and chronic diseases. The middle 95 percent becomes the reference range, whether ...