Urinalysis is a diagnostic physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of a urine sample (specimen). Specimens can be obtained by normal emptying of the bladder (voiding) or by a hospital procedure called catheterization. Urinalyses are performed...

A urinalysis (or "UA") is an array of tests performed on urine and one of the most common methods of medical diagnosis. A part of a urinalysis can be performed by using urine dipsticks, in which the test results can be read as color...

The benefits of screening symptom-free young adults by dipstick urinalysis are outweighed by the possibilities of false positive results and complications from further, more invasive testing. Two reports by the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force appearing in the Sept. 1, 1989, Journal...

Abstract: Naturopathic physicians employ objective tests to not only diagnosis common health complaints, but also look for the early warning signs of our silent killers--cardiovascular disease, looming malignancy, and prerenal failure. Urinalysis is an objective and relatively inexpensive test that can spot metabolic...

Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city's sewer plant.The test wouldn't be used to finger any single person as a drug user. But it would help federal law enforcement and...

Samuel Peter and Jameel McCline were set to fight for the heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night while boxing authorities investigate a report that McCline received large amounts of steroids and other banned substances in 2005 and 2006."So far everything's OK," New...