A saliva test can more accurately indicate the severity of recurrent respiratory infections in children than the standard blood test. If saliva contains too few broadly protective antibodies, a child ...

In a small but revealing study, scientists discovered that tears strongly mirror blood glucose and saliva may reflect vitamin D status. This could lead to less invasive ways to monitor chronic health.

In the 2000s, biotech company Theranos promised to revolutionize blood testing. Founder Elizabeth Holmes claimed Theranos technology could perform hundreds of tests using just a finger-prick drop of ...

Managing heart failure can be challenging as patients typically need to wait for blood tests to be performed and processed by a skilled technician. This creates a noticeable lag between the ...

Researchers are developing non-invasive saliva tests to detect heart failure early, potentially before symptoms appear.

A new saliva test and earlier use of the HbA 1c blood test could pick up type 2 diabetes in high-risk patients earlier than methods in current use, show data from 2 studies. Both tests could both ...

These color-enhanced scanning electron microscope images show nanosheets resembling tiny rose petals. The nanosheets are key components of a new type of biosensor that can detect minute concentrations ...

Daily finger-prick blood tests are an uncomfortable fact of life for diabetics, but they may not always have to be. Scientists from Canada and the US have now developed a prototype home-use device ...

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March 21 (UPI) --Genetic testing of saliva identifies the virus that causes COVID-19 more rapidly than screening of nasal swabs, a study published Monday by the journal Microbiology Spectrum found.

UBC Okanagan's Dr. Jonathan Little studies metabolic disruptions that characterize Type 2 diabetes. His latest research explores how a saliva test can help predict future metabolic health concerns ...