Medications
At-home COVID-19 tests: A Mayo Clinic expert answers questions on expiration dates and the new variants
At-home COVID-19 tests allow you to collect your sample and detect active COVID-19 infections.
Sep 20, 2023
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News tagged with drug tests
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can you still get COVID tests for free?
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are gradually increasing in the United States, as two new variants gain a foothold in the nation. And with that rise, more people are looking for COVID test kits.
Sep 13, 2023
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Genetics
Gene test spots those vulnerable to rare but severe side effect of drugs for MS, other conditions
A large number of drugs used to treat everything from multiple sclerosis to blood cancers to rheumatoid arthritis may cause a rare but often-fatal condition called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
Sep 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Malaria-causing parasites resistant to both treatment and detection have emerged in Ethiopia
Scientists have detected new strains of malaria-causing parasites in Ethiopia that are both resistant to current treatments and escape detection by common diagnostic tests—a development that could increase cases and deaths ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Medications
Counterfeit pills fuel rising number of fatal drug overdoses
A growing number of overdose deaths in the United States involve counterfeit pills, health officials reported Thursday.
Sep 1, 2023
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Medications
New drug targeting genetic variant in Parkinson's disease found to be ineffective in clinical trial
An experimental drug targeting a genetic variant linked to Parkinson's disease had no effect on patients, according to the results of a new clinical trial published in The Lancet Neurology.
Aug 28, 2023
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Medications
The real costs of the new Alzheimer's drug, most of which will fall to taxpayers
The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer's disease is likely to cost the U.S. health care system billions annually even as it remains out of reach for many of the lower-income seniors most likely to suffer ...
Aug 14, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Don't use certain tests for pregnancy, ovulation, UTIs, FDA warns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that consumers should not use certain pregnancy, ovulation, urine, UTI and breast milk test kits over concerns that the tests may not be safe and effective.
Aug 14, 2023
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Medical research
Synthetic antibiotic could be effective against drug-resistant superbugs
A scientific journey decades in the making at Duke University has found a new antibiotic strategy to defeat gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella, Pseudomonas and E. coli, the culprits in many urinary tract infections (UTIs). ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Cardiology
Tiny heart model offers game-changing potential for drug testing and cardiovascular disease treatments
In a remarkable breakthrough, a collaborative team of researchers, led by Professor Yaakov Nahmias from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and Tissue Dynamics Ltd., has unveiled a ...
Aug 7, 2023
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