A company is looking at blood as a possible diagnosis tool for mental illness. Blood tests can check for infections and high cholesterol, but currently, they can’t test for mental illness or pain. A ...

Yahoo News producer Meg Ludemann puts the Presidential Physical Fitness Test to the test, and offers modern alternatives to the once mandated exercises. Read more on Yahoo News MEG LUDEMANN: Could you ...

Dealing with health can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially when it involves multiple trips to the doctor's office. Luckily, there's a growing array of at-home tests that can give you insights ...

Testosterone tests measure levels of testosterone in the blood. At-home test kits can be convenient, but they cannot diagnose underlying health conditions that cause high or low testosterone. Share on ...

Standardized tests reflect little of what you have learned. Rather, they reveal how well you test. Students who test well have advantages over those who have average or low test-taking ability. The ...

Animal models of human disease have extremely mixed results, and all too often they do not work well and accomplish their goals of helping humans. 1 One such procedure, the forced swim test, is a ...

Experts say gait speed, grip strength, balance, and endurance are some of the strongest predictors of long-term independence.

Creativity is a notoriously hard concept to measure, but researchers have developed a new test that requires only a few minutes to complete. In a study published in the journal PNAS, scientists asked ...

This article is a transcribed edited summary of a video Bob and Brad recorded in February of 2024. For the original video go to https://youtu.be/49139ljPAUM Mike ...

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