A new device for taking blood samples uses microneedles and a suction cup instead of a large needle. People with a phobia of needles stand to benefit. More blood can be obtained than with the classic ...

Local prosecutors are not using evidence collected from the vaunted no-refusal anti-DWI program which makes blood draws mandatory for suspected drunken drivers. Almost four years after Bexar County ...

When your doctor thinks you might have an infection or an allergy, a simple blood test should give answers within hours. But for much of the world, that test can take days—or never happen at all. The ...

Your blood is a delicate mixture. Researchers and clinicians often use blood to learn what's going on inside our bodies, in part because siphoning off a tube of blood is easier and less painful than ...

The Three Laws of Robotics won't apply to a little needlework. A collaboration among Northwestern Medicine, other clinical sites and a company developing an automated phlebotomy machine will test ...