A team of scientists at UCL have found that blood tests measuring the hallmark Alzheimer’s protein, b-amyloid (amyloid), could radically
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Canada to require negative Covid-19 test for entry
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Canada will require travellers to obtain a negative Covid-19 test before being allowed into the country,
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FDA OKs First Over-the-Counter Home Test for COVID-19
TUESDAY, Dec. 15, 2020 — The first non-prescription COVID-19 test that enables people to collect samples and get results at
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UK hit by new virus test failing, finds 16,000 extra cases
The British government has launched an investigation into how nearly 16,000 new coronavirus infections went unreported as a result of
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HPV home test may reduce cervical cancer disparity, improve outcomes for Blacks, Latinos
David Sidransky, M.D., calls the Pap smear one of the “greatest successes” in cancer screening. “Every woman in the United
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Noninvasive sleep test may help diagnose and predict dementia in older adults
Dementia is a growing problem for people as they age, but it often goes undiagnosed. Now investigators at Massachusetts General
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Coronavirus test: Testing your stools could hold clues of a possible COVID-19 infection
An expert has revealed that testing excrement could help provide early detection of a possible COVID-19 infection before other symptoms
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Urine test could reduce unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies
Unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies could be reduced by 60 per cent thanks to new research from the University of East
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Mum who had mastectomy begs NHS to test her daughters for breast cancer gene
Tara Huck, in 2016, took the decision that more and more women are currently taking to reduce their risk of
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Test can predict whether the skin cancer is likely to spread
Hope for melanoma patients as test can now predict whether the deadliest form of skin cancer is likely to spread
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