There are four ways to test for H. pylori: a urea breath test, a stool antigen test, an upper endoscopy, and a blood test. However, Cummings said the blood test is rarely used in the U.S. because ...

HHMI researchers devise prenatal blood test that accurately detects Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal ... In the experiments reported in PNAS, Quake and his colleagues, including first ...

An effective blood test for these lethal brain diseases could allow for early diagnosis as well as for curbing their transmission. Prion diseases—including variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ...

To further refine the blood test's accuracy, researchers identified four key blood plasma proteins—FABP3, REST, IL-6 and NF-H—that were elevated in patients with SCI. The investigators call ...

of the test for h. pylori. This can either be a breath test, stool sample or blood test, though the latter cannot ...

“When you visit any city hospital to seek treatment for a stomach upset, chances are high that the doctors will test you for H. Pylori ... (due to presence of blood in stool), heartburn ...

H. pylori test and treat in case of unexplained iron deficiency anemia n.m. n.m. H. pylori test and treat in case of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura n.m. n.m. MALToma: Mucosa-associated ...

H. pylori eradication was evaluated by the 13 C-urea breath test, histology, or the rapid urease test. Results: The eradication rates by intention-to-treat analysis were 66.7% and 68.9% in the ...