About 5 years ago, LaKisha Tawanda David traced her family's ancestry back to Ghana through genetic testing. For her, a Black ...

As much as I love the way my nails look after I go to the nail salon, I’m gonna be honest—I don’t always have time to sit for ...

While it is important to contact a doctor for regular checkups, some at-home preventive tests can help screen for certain conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and nutritional deficiencies. A ...

Diagnosing endometriosis could soon be much easier thanks to a new at home-test that can detect a biomarker for the disease in period blood. The pregnancy-like test created by researchers at the ...

Colon cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in the US, partly due to low screening rates. New and emerging screening tools, like blood and breath tests, may offer alternatives to in-office screenings.

The 30-second television advertisement begins with a chicken named Janice. The chicken’s owner, Emily, loves eggs, but her stomach has been bothering her. An online search leads her to an at-home test ...

The doctor is in — the mailbox, that is.You can now do self-administered tests for everything from thyroid function to HIV in the privacy of your own home — and that list continues to grow, as the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The doctor is in — the mailbox, that is. You ...

You’ve probably heard that dogs can be trained to sniff out cancer. Now, the startup SpotItEarly is harnessing that remarkable ability — along with groundbreaking technology — to launch medicine’s ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first at-home HPV screening device. The test is designed as an alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure that detects precancerous ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home screening test for cervical cancer, the product’s maker announced on Friday. The DIY test could serve as an alternative to ...

May 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first at-home test for cervical cancer screening, its maker Teal Health said on Friday, offering an alternative to Pap smears ...