When to worry about blood test results

I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the ...

How to talk with your doctor about lab results (& what to ask them)

The numbers and reference ranges on lab results can be confusing to contextualize on your own. Your healthcare provider can ...
Nature

Personalized ranges for blood-test results enable precision diagnostics

In medicine, a person’s blood-test results are compared with the average range in a population. But results are highly individual and tightly regulated around a person’s own stable values. Changes to ...

The Problem With ‘Normal’ Lab Results, According to Dr. Mark Hyman

Doctors often say labs look “normal.” Dr. Mark Hyman explains why that doesn’t always reflect wellness, and what early ...
The Conversation

What do your blood test results mean? A toxicologist explains the basics of how to interpret them

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health. To carry out these ...
The Conversation

Rethinking blood test reference ranges could make medicine fairer – and safer

HARP Doctoral Research Fellow and Haematology Registrar, Queen Mary University of London Stephen Hibbs receives funding from the Wellcome Trust through a HARP doctoral research fellowship. Kari ...