Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a founder, writer and lecturer focusing on VC funds. BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 24: A technician works in a lab at Sinovac ...

Function Health — the platform that gives subscribers access to more than 160 different lab tests — closed a $298 million Series B funding round on Wednesday, bringing the startup’s valuation to $2.5 ...

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...

Americans can no longer order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the government through COVIDtests.gov. The suspension of the program, which has distributed over 1.8 billion COVID tests across the ...

Last July, a team of physicians and researchers successfully proposed modifications to the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, advocating against the ...

Executive function—top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions—have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being ...

Yes, it is possible for a person with cirrhosis to receive typical liver function test results, although this is rare. The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) notes that liver function ...

Yes, it is possible to have a normal liver function test if you have cirrhosis, but this is rare. Cirrhosis is a condition that causes scarring and damage of the liver, which can prevent it from ...

PARIS, France—Coronary function testing (CFT) done during the index angiography in patients who have angina with no obstructive coronary artery disease (ANOCA) is not only feasible and safe but also ...