Obstetrics & gynaecology
PMS: What it is, symptoms, and how to get relief
Are you tired of feeling moody, bloated and achy every month right before you get your period?
May 31, 2023
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News tagged with home pregnancy tests
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
AI helps create better, simpler hepatitis and COVID-19 tests
Going beyond pregnancy and COVID-19, the world could someday soon come to rely on at-home tests for many diseases thanks in part to AI-fueled improvements.
May 8, 2023
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Immunology
Early diagnosis and monitoring of lupus nephritis—on your smartphone
A team of researchers at the University of Houston is reporting the success of their new method for the early diagnosis and monitoring of lupus nephritis—at home. If you've taken an at-home COVID-19 or pregnancy test, then ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How X-rays could make reliable, rapid COVID-19 tests a reality
Vaccines are turning the tide of the pandemic, but the risk of infection is still present in some situations. If you want to visit a friend, get on a plane, or go see a movie, there is no highly accurate, instant test that ...
May 18, 2021
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Medical research
Is home screening a true colonoscopy alternative?
There are a few things in life that are, for the most part, universally recognized: the joy of welcoming a child, the fear of embarrassment, and the dread of getting a colonoscopy.
Mar 23, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Canada should approve HIV self-testing
Canada should integrate self-testing for HIV into the health system to help reduce the burden of the disease, argues a commentary published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Nov 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antigen tests: blunt but fast COVID weapon
Less precise but faster than other forms of COVID-19 diagnosis, antigen tests—such as the 150 million kits ordered by US President Donald Trump this week—are another weapon in the pandemic battle, experts say.
Sep 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'The tip of the iceberg': Virologist discusses COVID-19
As of March 20, more than 8,700 people worldwide had died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Caltech trustee David Ho (BS '74) of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research ...
Mar 23, 2020
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Medical research
New research takes p*** out of incontinence
Millions of people might eventually be spared the embarrassment and extreme isolation caused by wetting themselves, thanks to new research.
Feb 20, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Flaw in many home pregnancy tests can return false negative results
Each year, women in the U.S. rely on some 20 million home pregnancy tests to learn potentially life-altering news. Despite marketing claims that such tests are 99 percent accurate, research at Washington University School ...
Apr 22, 2019
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