If it feels like everyone is getting the flu, you're not imagining it. This is shaping up to be another severe flu season. That's why it's important to take advantage of every tool we have to keep the ...

What Is AST or SGOT? AST, which is short for aspartate aminotransferase, is a kind of protein called an enzyme. It helps the liver change food into energy. AST used to be known as serum ...

"No cancer signal detected." The blood test results popped up in my online health portal without much fanfare. A doctor would chat about them with me later, congratulating me on the "phew"-worthy ...

The federal government program that mailed free at-home COVID-19 tests to households is no longer active. Some insurance providers may still cover the cost of at-home tests, and free tests may be ...

If you were curious to get a picture of your longevity, you could invest in a fancy “biological age” blood test or even commit to pricey full-body imaging. But research suggests there’s a much more ...

It was once a rite of passage for millions of American schoolchildren before being phased out under the Obama administration. But now public school students across the U.S. once again face being rated ...

People who have “belly fat” tend to have fat in and around their internal organs, including their liver. Fat in the liver—where it doesn’t belong–can cause nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), ...

One of the industry’s leading large language models has passed a Turing test, a longstanding barometer for human-like intelligence. In a new preprint study awaiting peer review, researchers report ...

What Is an ALT Blood Test? The alanine aminotransferase (ALT) test is a blood test that checks for liver damage. ALT used to be called serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT). Your doctor can use ...