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As you’re sitting in a bathroom waiting for the lines on your pregnancy test to appear, it can be daunting. You can be ...
To develop the test, researchers analyzed 6553 blood samples, 3076 from patients with cancer and 3477 from healthy ...
The Marshall Project reports that multiple states are introducing bills to protect patients from drug testing at childbirth, ...
False-positive results are more common among women with dense breasts because that non-fatty tissue makes mammograms harder to read. So those women, Mao said, are often called back for follow-up ...
High rates of false positive test results may be keeping women from sticking to recommended mammogram screenings for breast cancer, a new study has found. Researchers from UC Davis Comprehensive ...
Thousands of California prisoners falsely tested positive for opioids last year because of a laboratory mistake. Now hundreds of decisions to deny parole to some of those prisoners are getting a ...
False-positive mammograms are causing women to skip follow-up screenings, risking their breast health. Find out why staying on schedule matters.
Building evacuation at Tinker Air Force Base after vehicle falsely tests positive for explosives at Piazza Gate. Further ...
False positive COVID-19 tests occur when you don’t have the novel coronavirus, but the test is positive. Experts explain how and why false positives happen.
“False Positive,” which has not yet aired on ESPN, is to be the opening-night selection of this year’s Cinema Columbus Film Festival. The screening is set to take place at 7 p.m. April 24 in ...
Getting a false positive on a mammogram — especially if it's accompanied by a recommendation for follow-up visits or a biopsy — could keep patients from seeking future screening, according to ...