Two studies by a team of researchers led by Luis E. Cuevas and Mohammed Yassin from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and jointly coordinated with Andrew Ramsay at WHO-TDR Special Programme ...
New data are suggesting faster and less comprehensive forms of sputum collection may be available to help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis. Luis E. Cuevas, MD, and colleagues at the Liverpool School ...
Starting at 30, women can collect their own vaginal samples for HPV testing at a doctor’s office. By Roni Caryn Rabin Doctors routinely advise that women undergoing screening for cervical cancer ...
Most women with cervical cancer have not participated in Pap-smear screening. Self-sampling of vaginal fluid in combination with high-risk HPV testing may be a method to increase the attendance rate.
When it comes to our health, it’s widely believed that prevention is better than cure. Taking the steps to stay well, and screen for issues before they arise, is always preferable to falling ill and ...
Two new studies have important implications for the ways in which diagnosis for the endemic infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB), can be done in poor countries. Two studies by a team of researchers ...