Drugs, both legal and illegal, cause millions of cases of severe intoxication every year, leading to health complications and even fatalities. Often, they are also implicated in violent and sexual ...

Urinary extracellular vesicles (EVs) have gained increased interest as a biomarker source. Clinical implementation on a daily basis requires protocols that inevitably includes short-term storage of ...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse patient urine samples and predict when symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will flare up according to a study ...

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a promising new biomarker for clinical use in e.g. oncology and transplantation medicine. Urinary cfDNA is also gaining interest as a non-invasive biomarker. However, cfDNA ...

Concussion can be hard to diagnose and track. It doesn't show up on routine brain scans, and there is no definitive diagnostic test. New research could lead to urine 'biomarkers' that could be used to ...

July 2 (UPI) --A medical clinic in Scotland is asking local residents to stop bringing in "inappropriate or unsolicited" urine samples. The Saltoun Surgery in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, said on ...

A urine protein test measures the amount of protein in a urine sample. A doctor may suggest this test to help evaluate and monitor kidney function and potentially detect kidney damage. The kidneys ...