Of the many aspects to address when you’re thinking of taking your relationship to the next level, perhaps the most important is to test whether you can build flatpack furniture together. Nothing has more potential to bring out hidden personality traits than working out whether piece A3 really does fit with B7 using 3 x… Read More »
A urine test which can diagnose pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly forms of the disease, has been developed by scientists. The pioneering test is the first ever to detect early-stage pancreatic cancer. It could increase survival rates for those diagnosed while their tumour is still small to 60 per cent. Currently, just 5%… Read More »
Richard Peltier, PhD, assistant professor, environmental health sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dyron Hamlin, chemical engineer, GHD. “Summary of Air Sampling,” city of Smyrna, GA, Sept. 16, 2019. “Summary of Air Sampling,” city of Willowbrook, IL, February 2019. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: “Ethylene Oxide, Carcinogenic Dose-Response Assessment,” June 28, 2019. Lucy Fraiser, PhD, principal/owner,… Read More »
Norovirus can contaminate drinking water when sewage systems malfunction or storms cause runoffs from polluted water. (Photocredit: Getty) Getty You may want your YouTube video to go viral. But you don’t want your drinking water to do so, if the viral part of it is norovirus. That’s why a research team from the University of… Read More »
What is a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) test? A glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a blood test that checks how well your kidneys are working. Your kidneys have tiny filters called glomeruli. These filters help remove waste and excess fluid from the blood. A GFR test estimates how much blood passes through these filters each… Read More »
New research shows that a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease accurately detected levels of beta-amyloid protein in all stages of the condition, approaching “a level of accuracy that is usable in routine clinical care around the world.” Doctors could soon use a simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s. The brain changes that lead to the… Read More »