Some information about our bodies can only be discovered through blood tests. Tests that are performed at home often need a finger prick to draw blood. People who have diabetes and don’t have a ...

Theranos claimed that with just a single drop of blood from a finger prick, its tests could provide myriad results about a patient's health. While Theranos wasn't able to accomplish this ...

The test may make it easier to identify whether people with memory and thinking problems have Alzheimer’s or not.

In the 2000s, biotech company Theranos promised to revolutionize blood testing. Founder Elizabeth Holmes claimed Theranos ...

A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify p-tau217 — a key biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) — without the need for temperature or storage control measures. In a pilot study ...

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But if you’re managing your diabetes at home, you’ll likely administer a finger-prick test yourself. The blood sample is then sent to a lab for testing. Your healthcare professional will then ...

This Everlywell Testosterone Test requires a finger prick sample. A person must register their testosterone test kit when it arrives and provide a blood sample first thing in the morning.

A finger-prick blood test to diagnose the deadliest form of stroke might be twice as effective at spotting it than using a patient’s symptoms alone. The test, which works similarly to a lateral flow ...