However, definitive diagnosis evaded him, "We didn't go out and get a PET scan or a spinal tap, which would actually reveal if you actually have the plaques, because those tests were not covered by my ...

Tennessee lawmakers are weighing a bill to make insurers and TennCare cover biomarker testing for diagnosed illnesses.

Roughly 62,500 people in the state of Mississippi are living with Alzheimer’s disease.

At the Tennessee Capitol, patients, advocates and families came prepared on Tuesday afternoon to tell lawmakers something simple: the right test at the right time can save a life.

Almost all of us have been touched by cancer at some point in our lives. If we haven’t had it, chances are we know a loved one or a friend who has. When someone dies from cancer, families go through ...

In 2022, Arizona was one of the first states in the nation to pass legislation (House Bill 2144) requiring Medicaid and commercial insurance plans to cover qualified biomarker tes ...

Precision medicine relies on biomarker testing to match therapies to specific cancers, yet many patients remain untested due to standardization issues. Recommendations include educating clinicians, ...

Biomarker testing is vital for all patients with lung cancer, especially younger individuals who have higher rates of actionable mutations. Biomarker testing for patients with lung cancer is critical, ...

Only 35% of advanced cancer patients received comprehensive genomic profiling testing. Tested patients were more likely to receive targeted therapies. Testing rates increased slightly over time and ...

QUT researchers have developed a simple one-hour saliva test for a protein biomarker that has been linked with oral, colon ...