People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...

Heather said the tests had been "horrible" for her 16-year-old daughter Abi, who has Down's syndrome and autism, until the pilot of the Touch Activated Phlebotomy (TAP) device, which uses a vacuum to ...

Convenient as it may be, beware of getting your blood drawn at a hospital. As one Texas woman discovered, the cost could be higher than at an independent lab, and your insurance might not cover it. It ...

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