NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a dipstick test suggests there's blood in the urine, the next step should be to examine a sample of the urine under a microscope to make sure the dipstick result is ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers unveil Back-Illumination Tomography (BIT), a high-speed microscope that provides ...

Visible blood in the urine is not a typical symptom of interstitial cystitis (IC). However, in some cases, lab tests may show microscopic blood in the urine of people with IC. Doctors refer to blood ...

Watch a white blood cell actively searching for bacteria or viruses under the microscope.

A scientific experiment observing how white blood cells react under the microscope after exposure to food components, ...

Scientists link tiny particles in blood vessels with substantially higher risk of death ...

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.