A comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) is a set of tests that a doctor may order to find out more about a person’s overall health. These are routine tests that can help evaluate how well the body is ...

Doctors can diagnose fatty liver disease, now called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), using blood tests that measure serum liver enzyme levels. Elevated enzyme levels ...

A1C, LDL, HDL… the number of medical abbreviations you might see on your patient portal is enough to make you think your ...

Blood draws for several kinds of diagnostic tests require you to fast for several hours. Eating or drinking anything besides water can skew the results, leading to you needing to be retested. You may ...