Urinalysis News

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A new urine test might help doctors detect prostate cancer and better evaluate a patient's treatment options, researchers say. "This is a tool that men and their physician can use to help them decide whether i...

MONDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) -- It may be possible to develop a urine test to screen for colon cancer, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed urine samples from 60 people with colon cancer and 63 cancer-free people. They identified unusua...

TUESDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test could help reduce men's risk of persistent chlamydia infection and the likelihood of transmitting it to their sex partners, U.K. researchers report. Currently, chlamydia infection is diagnos...

TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new urine test may one day spot appendicitis faster and more accurately than current tests do, researchers report. Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children, but the diagnosis can be chal...

TUESDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- A higher-than-normal level of the protein albumin in urine indicates an increased risk of dangerous blood clots in the deep veins of the lungs and legs, a Dutch study finds. These venous thromboembolisms (VTEs) i...

WEDNESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- A urine test to detect coronary artery disease has worked well in a small trial, German researchers report. The test looks for fragments of the protein collagen, which plays a major role in blocking heart ar...

SUNDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Someday, a simple urine test might spot smokers at highest risk for lung cancer, scientists report. The research is still in its preliminary stages, and it may be years before such a test becomes publicly avail...

THURSDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Someday, a doctor's office assessment of the overall quality of your diet may come from a simple $8 urine test, researchers report. Levels of urinary potassium correlate closely with nutrition in general, sai...

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A simple urine test that identifies small molecules, called metabolites, that are associated with prostate cancer might someday be able to identify men who have a fast-moving, aggressive form of the disease, ...