Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is collaborating with Netherlands-based medical robotics company Vitestro to test whether ...

Northwestern Medicine will be part of a multiyear, multicenter clinical trial to validate the performance and safety of the ...

Pancreatic cancer is another disease that could benefit from a blood-based diagnostic test. Unlike colon cancer, pancreatic ...

The practice of drawing blood has changed very little over the decades. It looks about the same now as it did 50 years ago.

Sometimes it may feel like almost every visit to the doctor includes a dreaded blood draw. Blood tests can reveal a lot about ...

A blood glucose test measures how much sugar you have in your blood. You may have a blood glucose test in a doctor’s office, laboratory, or with a fingerstick meter at home. When you eat ...

Vitestro's blood drawing (phlebotomy) robot is designed to offer a solution to what the company says is a growing shortage of healthcare personnel, coupled with rising demand for blood tests with ...

To do a blood test, a lab technician, nurse, or other healthcare professional will use a small needle to draw a sample of your blood. The sample is then sent to a lab for testing. Some diabetes ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A major jump in modern medicine for Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center has arrived. The hospital is among the first in the country to utilize brand-new technology that ...

Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The process takes about two minutes and has a 95% success rate on the first attempt.