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TV Star Kate Walsh Talks About Multi-Cancer Early Detection Testing

Forbes Healthcare

MAY 13, 2025

Greys Anatomy star Kate Walsh is partnering with GRAIL to advocate for more multi-cancer early detection testing in a campaign theyre calling Generation Possible.

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Why Increased Testing Is Critical For The Bird Flu

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 7, 2024

The FDA recently announced efforts to increase testing of more dairy products in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus across dairy farms.

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What To Do If You Test Positive For COVID-19

Forbes Healthcare

JANUARY 3, 2025

Here's what to do if you test positive for COVID-19 During the current "silent" COVID-19 surge, you are at greater risk for getting infected with the SARS-CoV-2.

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Procter & Gamble’s Menopause Test Kit Is A ‘Fraud,’ Lawsuit Claims

Forbes Healthcare

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

A urine stick test isnt the best way to determine a womans menopausal status.

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Why Self-Collected Tests Will Change Everything For Cervical Cancer Screening

Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

In the fall, women will be able to use an easy, self-administered test to screen for cervical cancer. With self-collection, a woman can swab her vagina in private.

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This Biotech Startup Aims To Speed Up Drug Testing On Animals

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Gordian Biotechnology’s platform allows for potentially hundreds of gene therapies to be tested in an animal at the same time — without harming it.

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Blood Test Could Detect Cancer Up To Seven Years Earlier

Forbes Healthcare

MAY 17, 2024

A blood test to analyse proteins could detect cancer up to seven years before it is currently diagnosed according to new research.

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New Blood Test Could Detect Pancreatic Cancer Earlier

Forbes Healthcare

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A new blood-based test could diagnose pancreatic cancer much earlier, improving outcomes for people with the disease.

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Beware The Hype About That Alzheimer’s Blood Test

Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 5, 2024

New biomarker blood tests are an important advancement for researchers. But the benefits for real-world patients are more modest than all the breathless hype suggests.

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No More Invasive Tests: Hera Biotech’s Endometriosis Solution

Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Hera Biotech is developing a less invasive, more accurate diagnostic test for endometriosis, an often painful condition that can lead to infertility.

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Understanding Perfectionism And Test Anxiety Among College Students

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 17, 2025

After Spring Break, many students will seek counseling due to concerns about their academic performance and often report experiencing high perfectionism and test anxiety.

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Walgreens Wants Pharmacists Provider Role Expanded To ‘Test And Treat’

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 2, 2024

Walgreens is working with state regulators to expand the role of the pharmacist to provide more healthcare services to "test and treat."

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New Diagnostic Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease Targets Tau

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A newly published study from Sweden unveiled a blood test capable of detecting Alzheimer’s disease with 90% accuracy.

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Experts Call For More Regulation Of At Home Microbiome Test Kits

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 15, 2024

Experts say there is no way of defining a healthy microbiome and that some currently available tests may risk misleading consumers.

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A Third Of Younger Women In England Aren’t Getting Key Cancer Test

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 23, 2024

But the lifesaving tests are a key tool in the fight against cervical cancer. Cervical screenings can be uncomfortable, embarrassing and even painful.

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Waiting For Medical Test Results? Here Are 10 Ways To Deal With Worry

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 9, 2025

Waiting for a medical test to be done and the results to be available and interpreted can be tough, bringing worry, anxiety and other emotions. Here's what you can do.

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Nurse with Medical Marijuana Card Fired After Failing Drug Test

Scrubs

APRIL 7, 2023

A nurse at the Cass County Jail in Fargo, North Dakota recently lost her job after failing a mandatory drug test even though she has a valid medical marijuana card. Members of the commission said Rodacker-Bartch was fired because of the positive drug test, a clear violation of staff policy.

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This Startup Raised $5.2 Million To Develop Blood Tests For Cancer

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 16, 2024

Predicta Biosciences is using precision medicine to diagnose and monitor multiple myeloma–and give doctors insights for better treatment plans.

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The Prototype: SpaceX Starship Test Ends In An Explosion. Again.

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2025

Plus: Ancient tool use, reducing AIs big power draw, Firefly lands on the Moon and more.

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U.K. Tests World-First Personalized Skin Cancer Vaccine

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Customized with genetic information from a patient’s own tumor, vaccines like this could one day be used against lung, kidney, bladder and colon cancer.

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Genetic Testing Company 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2025

The direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe has announced it has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has asked the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to facilitate a sale to maximize the value of its business. 23andMe provides saliva-based DNA test kits to help customers identify and track their ancestry.

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Fall Asleep And Sleep Better: 3 Tested Strategies

Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 4, 2024

Recent data shows that about one in three adults don’t get enough sleep. Here are three ways to fall asleep based on current trends and research.

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Is Raw Milk Safe? Officials Ramp Up Testing Amid Bird Flu Outbreak

Forbes Healthcare

DECEMBER 9, 2024

There is little evidence to support the consumption of raw milk, which can harbor dangerous bacteria and viruses including bird flu.

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Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: USDA Will Test Ground Beef Samples From Grocery Stores

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 29, 2024

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.

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‘Free’ COVID-19 Tests: A Harbinger Of Government-Centered Healthcare

Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 26, 2024

Government-centered healthcare is fundamentally anticompetitive, anti-innovation, undemocratic, and contrary to the American self-governed way of life.

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U.K. Startup Launches HPV Testing Tampons To Fight Cervical Cancer

Forbes Healthcare

MAY 20, 2024

Cervical cancer is a devastating disease that costs hundreds of thousands of lives around the world each year.

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Why most medical research is likely (still) waste, and less research funding may be one way forward

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Second, irrelevant/indirect intervention means that studies tests interventions that are not possible to use outside the study. Third, medical interventions are often tested with indirect outcomes such as progression free survival. A systematic review estimated that clinical trials exclude about 80% of potentially eligible patients.

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I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Detection

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s been a few years since I first heard about the Galleri test produced by the Menlo Park startup Grail. Galleri is a blood-based screening test for cancer. For a couple of reasons, I didn’t work very hard to learn about the Galleri test. Second, I was worried that this test might have real promise.

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The Prototype: $5 Million XPrize Awarded For Using Drones To Monitor Rainforests

Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Plus: Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck is the newest space billionaire, a test for premature birth and SpaceX tests Starship again.

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Important Program For Covid Patients Closes, Leaving Many Stranded

Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 8, 2024

Home Test to Treat program is closing April 16. Patients have limited options for testing and getting treatment with Paxlovid.

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Acing the IBPS RRB Clerk Exam: The Power of Mock Tests

Scrubs

JUNE 15, 2024

This is especially true given the test’s competitive nature and its vast syllabus. One of the most crucial tools in this preparation arsenal is taking a clerk mock test. Why Are Mock Tests Essential? You might wonder why you should invest time in an IBPS RRB clerk mock test.

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10 Test-Taking Strategies for Nurses

Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Tests and nursing school go hand-in-hand. While the format for some of these exams is similar to tests taken in the past, such as anatomy and physiology or pharmacology, the exams dedicated to nursing content can be formatted differently, making them more challenging for many students. Tests are an unavoidable part of nursing school.

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Most Baby Foods Sold In US Don’t Meet International Nutritional Standards And Contain ‘Misleading’ Messaging, Study Suggests

Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 21, 2024

Although fruit pouches were the fastest-growing products—with sales jumping 900% between 2010 and 2023—the researchers found they were the most unhealthy food items tested.

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Is A Covid-19 Outbreak Happening At The Paris Olympics?

Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 10, 2024

So far, at least 40 Olympic athletes have tested positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). But is it the tip of the Covid-19 iceberg?

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Treatable Causes Of Dementia May Be More Common Than Realized

Forbes Healthcare

JULY 31, 2024

A common treatable cause of dementia can be detected with simple blood tests.

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This AI Model Could Keep Thousands Of Cancer Patients From Getting Unnecessary Treatments

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Startup Ataraxis, which emerged from stealth Thursday, has developed a model that can predict the risk severity of breast cancer up to 30% more accurately than current tests.

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Less Than 1 In 5 Americans Who Are Eligible Are Getting Screen For Lung Cancer. Here’s Why

Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Less than 20% (19.6%) of Americans who are eligible to get screened for lung cancer are getting the test they need, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

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Hackers Publish 400GB Of Data After London Hospital Cyber Attack

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 21, 2024

The data contains patient information including names, identification numbers and details of blood tests. It's not yet clear if it contains test results.

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Could Avian Influenza Be The Next Covid-19?

Forbes Healthcare

MAY 5, 2024

In early April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notified the public that an individual in Texas had tested positive for highly pathogenic avian in.

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What To Know About Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccines After Promising Trials From Moderna And Merck

Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 4, 2024

Moderna and Merck celebrated promising data on an experimental melanoma skin cancer vaccine this week, one of several trials testing the revolutionary technology that could signal a breakthrough in cancer treatment.

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Biologics are not small molecules: the case for pre-allergy testing in an era of immune-based therapies

KevinMD.com

MAY 1, 2025

Read more Biologics are not small molecules: the case for pre-allergy testing in an era of immune-based therapies originally appeared in KevinMD.com. Immediately, her body reacted: nausea, then hives, then a terrifying tightening of her throat. She rushed back to the clinic.

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Prevent Burnout With These Field-Tested Time Management Tips

NHA Now

MAY 2, 2025

Weve prepared these field-tested time management tips to help you beat the burnout that can become a nasty side effect of a job as busy as yours. Depending on your specific discipline, youre responsible for managing complex equipment, working directly with patients and colleagues, as well as filing billing paperwork. Read on to learn more.

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Nobel Winner Shinya Yamanaka: Cell Therapy “Very Promising” For Cancer, Parkinson’s, More

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Reprogrammed stem cells are being tested in at least 50 clinical trials around the globe, and the first approved therapy could come "very soon," Yamanaka told Forbes.

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Chemotherapy Could Harm Or Kill You If You Have This Genetic Finding

Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Request genetic testing before you take these drugs. The chemotherapy drugs 5-FU and capecitabine could harm or kill you if you have a variant in the DPYD gene.

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TV Star Kate Walsh Talks About Multi-Cancer Early Detection Testing

Why Increased Testing Is Critical For The Bird Flu

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What To Do If You Test Positive For COVID-19

Procter & Gamble’s Menopause Test Kit Is A ‘Fraud,’ Lawsuit Claims

Why Self-Collected Tests Will Change Everything For Cervical Cancer Screening

This Biotech Startup Aims To Speed Up Drug Testing On Animals

Blood Test Could Detect Cancer Up To Seven Years Earlier

New Blood Test Could Detect Pancreatic Cancer Earlier

Beware The Hype About That Alzheimer’s Blood Test

No More Invasive Tests: Hera Biotech’s Endometriosis Solution

Understanding Perfectionism And Test Anxiety Among College Students

Walgreens Wants Pharmacists Provider Role Expanded To ‘Test And Treat’

New Diagnostic Blood Test For Alzheimer’s Disease Targets Tau

Experts Call For More Regulation Of At Home Microbiome Test Kits

A Third Of Younger Women In England Aren’t Getting Key Cancer Test

Waiting For Medical Test Results? Here Are 10 Ways To Deal With Worry

Nurse with Medical Marijuana Card Fired After Failing Drug Test

This Startup Raised $5.2 Million To Develop Blood Tests For Cancer

The Prototype: SpaceX Starship Test Ends In An Explosion. Again.

U.K. Tests World-First Personalized Skin Cancer Vaccine

Genetic Testing Company 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy

Fall Asleep And Sleep Better: 3 Tested Strategies

Is Raw Milk Safe? Officials Ramp Up Testing Amid Bird Flu Outbreak

Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: USDA Will Test Ground Beef Samples From Grocery Stores

‘Free’ COVID-19 Tests: A Harbinger Of Government-Centered Healthcare

U.K. Startup Launches HPV Testing Tampons To Fight Cervical Cancer

Why most medical research is likely (still) waste, and less research funding may be one way forward

I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Detection

The Prototype: $5 Million XPrize Awarded For Using Drones To Monitor Rainforests

Important Program For Covid Patients Closes, Leaving Many Stranded

Acing the IBPS RRB Clerk Exam: The Power of Mock Tests

10 Test-Taking Strategies for Nurses

Most Baby Foods Sold In US Don’t Meet International Nutritional Standards And Contain ‘Misleading’ Messaging, Study Suggests

Is A Covid-19 Outbreak Happening At The Paris Olympics?

Treatable Causes Of Dementia May Be More Common Than Realized

This AI Model Could Keep Thousands Of Cancer Patients From Getting Unnecessary Treatments

Less Than 1 In 5 Americans Who Are Eligible Are Getting Screen For Lung Cancer. Here’s Why

Hackers Publish 400GB Of Data After London Hospital Cyber Attack

Could Avian Influenza Be The Next Covid-19?

What To Know About Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccines After Promising Trials From Moderna And Merck

Biologics are not small molecules: the case for pre-allergy testing in an era of immune-based therapies

Prevent Burnout With These Field-Tested Time Management Tips

Nobel Winner Shinya Yamanaka: Cell Therapy “Very Promising” For Cancer, Parkinson’s, More

Chemotherapy Could Harm Or Kill You If You Have This Genetic Finding

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