Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Just how reliable are COVID-19 tests? Experts weigh in
You're feeling pretty darned sick—headache, fever, fatigue, a cough—but your COVID-19 test came back negative.
Sep 11, 2020
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News tagged with antigen test
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New COVID-19 antigen testing method offers highly accurate results in under 3 minutes
New variants to the COVID-19 virus have challenged the capacity of existing testing methods to deliver fast and consistently accurate test results, as PCR tests must be sent to labs and can take days to be returned. Furthermore, ...
Sep 30, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
PCR, antigen and antibody: Five things to know about coronavirus tests
To diagnose and contain the spread of coronavirus, testing is critical. There are two types of COVID-19 tests—those that are designed to detect whether you have the infection now, or those crafted to check whether you have ...
Dec 22, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Men over 40 with BRCA2 gene fault should get regular PSA screening, experts say
Guidelines should change so that all men over the age of 40 with faults in the BRCA2 gene should be offered regular PSA testing to detect early signs of prostate cancer, experts are urging.
Nov 4, 2019
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Medical research
Test strip able to identify blood type in less than a minute
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Third Military Medical University in China has developed a test strip that can be used to identify a person's blood type in less than a minute. In their paper published in the journal ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New Delhi plans mass screening effort as virus cases surge
Indian authorities are launching a massive coronavirus survey taking down health details from New Delhi's entire population of 29 million, and testing everyone with symptoms by July 6.
Jun 25, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clarifying the CDC's COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidelines
In December 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines for how long people should isolate following a COVID-19 infection. The agency shortened the isolation from 10 days to five, followed ...
Mar 7, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer risk prediction algorithm could help targeted testing for men at greatest risk
Cambridge scientists have created a comprehensive tool for predicting an individual's risk of developing prostate cancer, which they say could help ensure that those men at greatest risk will receive the appropriate testing ...
Dec 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New early detection test for prostate cancer: Mi-Prostate Score test improves on PSA for predicting cancer
More than 1 million men will undergo a prostate biopsy this year, but only about one-fifth of those biopsies will result in a cancer diagnosis.
Sep 26, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds decline in performance of some COVID-19 home testing kits during omicron period
The performance of some home testing kits for COVID-19 appears to have declined as the omicron variant emerged, suggests a study published by The BMJ today.
Sep 14, 2022
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