Much of the blood drawn for laboratory analysis is wasted. In a clinical setting where your blood is being taken multiple times a day, wouldn't it be better for the laboratory to use a smaller amount ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Switching to routine use of small-volume blood draws in adult intensive care units (ICUs) for most laboratory testing appeared to cut blood transfusions without compromising those ...

Medics jabbing troops with needles for blood tests in remote locations may become a thing of the past thanks to some new technology. A blood-drawing and testing device, developed with the help of the ...

A laboratory technician places human blood samples on an automated testing line. This laboratory, which operates a fully automated system complete with advanced robotics, can test more than 50,000 ...

Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...

It’s likely that at some point in your life, you’ll have blood drawn for either a medical test or for donating blood. The process for either procedure is similar and usually much less painful than ...