Peeing helps your body get rid of waste. But sometimes there may be a blockage, leakage, infection, or other problem preventing urine from fully leaving your body. Uroflowmetry is a diagnostic ...

A breakthrough study published in npj Aging just introduced a refreshing alternative: a urinary microRNA aging clock. By ...

A groundbreaking study introduces new noninvasive screening tools that have the potential to greatly enhance patient comfort and clinical outcomes. Researchers have found that examining certain patter ...

Urine tests measure specific substances in your urine, such as electrolytes, proteins, and bacteria. These tests can reveal a lot about your health, particularly when gradual changes or big jumps ...

Traditional approaches to prostate cancer screening involve blood tests, MRI, and biopsies. However, in addition to being uncomfortable, some of these procedures result in overdiagnosis of low-grade ...

A simple urine test could detect pancreatic and prostate cancer with up to a 99% rate of accuracy, says a team of researchers from the Surface & Nano Materials Division of the Korea Institute of ...

A urine protein test measures the amount of protein in a urine sample. A doctor may suggest this test to help evaluate and monitor kidney function and potentially detect kidney damage. The kidneys ...

A urine drug test is used to detect the presence of illegal and prescription drugs in urine. It’s also known as a urine drug screen. In a urine drug test, a sample of urine is sent to a lab. A tester ...