Urine tests in the emergency department to rule out urinary tract infection (UTI) are often unnecessary, keep patients there longer than needed, and prompt too many antibiotic prescriptions, new ...

A Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and Afghanistan war hero saw his drug conviction overturned this fall by the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. Gunnery Sgt. Rory R. Hirst’s conviction ...

‌A urine concentration test provides the specific gravity of your urine. This measures your kidneys’ ability to balance water content and excrete waste. It is important in diagnosing some health ...

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 ...

"Can be unexpected and far reaching." Scientists make disturbing discovery in human urine samples: 'We urgently need to classify [this]' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A recent study has demonstrated the benefits of at-home testing for prostate cancer tests due to enriched biomarker concentration in urine samples, enabling more effective screening for the disease.

You’ve discovered some interesting biology and have a set of required parameters, thousands of data points, a budget and a deadline. How can you harness the power of computational chemistry to reach ...

Liese Behringer wound up in a hospital after Ashland police stopped her for suspected drunken driving two years ago but not because she was injured. Police had Behringer, now 64, undergo a forced ...

This clinic is pissed off. A Scottish medical center has had it up to here with urine — and is pleading with its patients to stop submitting any more “unsolicited” samples. “Please be advised that we ...