Author: Dan Higgins, RGN, ENB 100, ENB 998, is senior charge nurse in critical care, University Hospital Birmingham. Collecting a specimen is often a first crucial step in determining diagnosis and ...

Most tuberculosis (TB) testing today relies on sputum samples coughed up from the lungs. This makes intuitive sense since pulmonary (or lung) TB is the most common form of TB and sputum provides ...

Most tuberculosis (TB) testing today relies on sputum samples coughed up from the lungs. This makes intuitive sense since pulmonary (or lung) TB is the most common form of TB and sputum provides ...

Fecal specimen collection in the clinical setting is often unfeasible for large population studies, especially because cancer patients on immunotherapy often experience constipation. A method for ...

Daniel McDonald and Jack Gilbert (both University of California, San Diego; CA, USA) discuss the challenges faced during fecal sample collection and highlight important factors to consider when ...

Credit: Reese Pharmaceutical. ColoTest is designed to detect blood in stool, which may be an early indication for colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, gastrointestinal disorders, colitis or polyps.

BEIJING, Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shineco, Inc.(“Shineco” or the “Company”; NASDAQ: SISI), a producer and distributor of Chinese herbal medicines, organic agricultural and other biotech ...

More than 10% of fecal immunochemical test (FIT)–based colorectal cancer screening could not be processed due to unsatisfactory samples. Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening using the fecal ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...