In a biopsy, a small sample of tissue is taken from your body. A pathologist analyzes the sample to check for cancer cells. The main method for diagnosing prostate cancer is a core needle biopsy. It’s ...

The immune system is meant to protect the body from infection and disease. But with age, it can become less capable of doing so. However, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that some older people ...

Setup of the laser speckle contrast optical spectroscopy system used to monitor scalp and brain blood flow during temporary blockage of a major scalp artery near the temple. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2025 ...

Alzheimer's disease could one day be diagnosed with a simple skin biopsy instead of invasive spinal taps or expensive brain scans. This is the promise of scientists from the Salk Institute for ...

Across the literature, multivariable models for predicting giant cell arteritis diagnoses showed various methodological weaknesses. Multivariable models can aid in the diagnosis of giant cell ...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Conakry University Hospital, Conakry, Guinea. 2 Department of Anatomo-Pathology, Donka University Hospital, Conakry, Guinea. Temporal artery biopsy remains an ...

When your baby feels warm, it does not always mean they have a fever. A baby's age and how you take their temperature matter more than you think. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, explains why certain ...