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CDC rolls out blood antibody test for people with NO symptoms

April 7, 2020 antibody, Blood, CDC, for, NO, out, people, rolls, symptoms, test, with

CDC rolls out blood antibody test for people with NO coronavirus symptoms in the hope it will reveal who can

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Test ‘every suspected case’ of COVID-19: WHO

March 17, 2020 (COVID-19), Case, every, of, suspected, test, Who

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The World Health Organization called Monday for countries to test every suspected case of COVID-19, as

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Simple blood test could help predict progression of Parkinson’s disease

February 11, 2020 Blood, Could, disease, help, of, Parkinson's, Predict, progression, simple, test

In order to provide the best medical care for newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, a method of predicting their

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This 'diamond gap' fingernail test could show an early sign of lung cancer

November 26, 2019 'diamond, an, cancer, Could, early, fingernail, Gap, lung, of, show, sign, test, This

When you press your nails together, do you see a tiny diamond-shaped window of light? The test is used to

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Personal Health

Researchers take first step toward genetic test for childhood short-sightedness

November 15, 2019 Childhood, First, for, Genetic, Researchers, short-sightedness, step, take, test, Toward

Researchers from the Universities of Cardiff and Bristol have devised a test that could in future help to identify children

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Mother says Specsavers eye test saved her daughter's life

October 28, 2019 daughters, eye, Her, life, Mother, Saved, Says, Specsavers, test

Specsavers ‘saved my daughter’s life’: Mother says eye test unearthed her 14-year-old’s killer brain tumour ‘that had been growing for

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Health Problems

Blood test could help to accelerate brain cancer diagnosis

October 9, 2019 accelerate, Blood, brain, cancer, Could, Diagnosis, help, test, to

A blood test which could help to accelerate the diagnosis of brain cancer has been developed in research led at

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Health Problems

New blood test for prostate cancer is highly-accurate and avoids invasive biopsies

September 10, 2019 and, avoids, Biopsies, Blood, cancer, for, highly-accurate, Invasive, is, New, prostate, test

A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer,

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Health Problems

New patient test could tell clinicians if infections are antibiotic resistant in under two hours

August 29, 2019 antibiotic, Are, clinicians, Could, hours, If, in, infections, New, Patient, resistant, Tell, test, two, under

A new rapid patient test that could identify whether bacteria isolated from clinical samples are antibiotic resistant in under two

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New test enhances ability to predict risk of developing cervical cancer in HPV-positive women

August 12, 2019 Ability, cancer, cervical, developing, enhances, HPV-positive, in, New, of, Predict, risk, test, to, women

Ninety-nine percent of cervical cancers are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). More than 200 HPVs, some of which are associated

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