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

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

Run-of-the mill? Middle of the road? Typical? The chance that you are correct is vanishingly small. If you're a clinician, like me, you get a LOT of medical questions. While we've all been asked to ...

Have you heard of the stress hormone? It is called cortisol. As an essential hormone, cortisol is made by the adrenal glands sitting atop the kidneys. It is called the stress hormone because cortisol ...

Dr. Miller: How worried do you need to be when you receive your lab results in the mail or online before your physician's had a chance to talk to you about them? I'm Dr. Tom Miller and we're going to ...

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 ...