According to the British Medical Journal (BMJ), some shop-bought at-home tests may be “inaccurate and unsuitable for use”. Though the concept of home health tests is nothing new – DIY pregnancy tests ...

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Testing period blood for signs of cervical cancer could be an accurate and convenient way of screening for the disease, researchers say. The current NHS test involves a nurse or doctor taking a sample ...

You can now investigate your health worries from the comfort of your own home, using DIY testing kits that claim to screen for a range of conditions including high cholesterol, diabetes and thyroid ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

More than a third of Brits with dementia are undiagnosed A FINGER-PRICK blood test that you carry out yourself could one day diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Experiments suggest the simple check is 86 ...

We can’t get enough of [Bettina Neumryn’s] videos. If you haven’t seen her, she takes old electronics magazines, finds interesting projects, and builds them. If you remember these old projects, it is ...

Welcome to Med Op-Ed, where we highlight recently published editorials. In this installment: Direct-to-consumer sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing may lead to gaps in public health; ...

A fun experiment putting viral DIY TikToks to the test to find out what’s brilliant, what’s bogus, and what’s just plain fun. Wildlife park sees "glimmer of hope" as it begins euthanizing lions Trump ...

A Reddit user’s slideshow of their rescue dog has captured hearts online, after DNA test results uncovered a shocking twist in the pup’s lineage—one that turned a presumed golden retriever mix into ...

The iPhone Air is Apple’s slimmest smartphone to date, and the company even claims that it’s “more durable than any previous iPhone.” Now, the company has shared a bend test video with media outlets ...