It’s either inaccurate — missing up to half of all cases — or requires expensive laboratories that are not widely available ...

Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by ...

Influenza is a common disease that occurs in yearly epidemics throughout the world. Although the majority of infected individuals will exhibit a self-limited acute febrile illness or remain ...

An international study found the portable MiniDock MTB tuberculosis test, using sputum or tongue swabs, matched the accuracy of leading lab-based diagnostics and met World Health Organization ...

Faster diagnosis: The RMD AST test can pinpoint UTI-causing bacteria and drug sensitivity in just six hours, compared to days for standard lab work. High accuracy: Trials found the test matched ...

Personalized or precision medicine relies on accurate diagnostic tests. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent final rule now explicitly designates Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) as ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Doctors say a lab-developed test may be effective in diagnosing Parkinson's Disease. The test is called the Syn-One Test and it was developed by CND Life Sciences. Currently, ...

People who are trying to conceive may wonder if a blood pregnancy test can be wrong. These tests, which are done at a health care provider's office or in a lab, are over 99% accurate. Blood tests ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of medical tests ...