Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) have developed a blood test capable of rapidly diagnosing rare genetic diseases in babies and children, ...

Carter said the ultrasound had "reduced our anxiety with blood tests" and "the trauma and stress of multiple attempts to find ...

First and foremost, it is important to acknowledge that it is okay for a child or even an adult to be worried about or not like a blood test.

Parents have been asking me some pointed questions as to how to better help their child deal with getting a blood test or injection. Let me see if I can make this topic a lot less painful for children ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has finalized the protocol for doctors to order lead testing in young children. It stems from a pair of bills passed ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 25 (UPI) --A new rapid blood test for newborns could potentially detect genetic mutations linked to thousands of rare diseases all at once, greatly improving on current ...