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A hospital spokesman explained it can take up to 96 hours to find out the results of routine swabs taken to detect MRSA. Shanelle spent two-and-a-half weeks in hospital, initially treated at ...

MRSA: The Spread of Drug Resistance In fact, there is a good chance that the staph infection you picked up from that contaminated doorknob is already antibiotic resistant. Most staph infections in ...

The most cost-effective strategies to control MRSA spread in NICUs are still the subject of debate, but surveillance is consistently accepted as an indispensable tool to customize them and to ...

Tally Health’s CheekAge is a noninvasive cheek swab. Getty Images Most biochemical tests that predict a person’s biological age rely on blood DNA, but Tally Health’s CheekAge is a ...

Now, experts could be one step closer to a ‘date of death’ test after discovering a simple cheek swab can accurately estimate your risk of dying within the next year by analysing changes to DNA.

We investigated the claims in some of the most widely shared posts. A picture showing a swab test being taken has been circulated widely on Facebook and Instagram along with claims that the swab ...

We've all fallen asleep against an airplane window before, but experts say it's time to stop. Read this before you doze off ...

Swabs and cleaning sticks feature small wads of nonwoven, cotton, microfiber or foam wrapped around either one or both ends of a short wood, paper, plastic rod, or tube. The material at the tip ...

A simple mouth swab test could reveal how long you have left to live, according to a new study. Scientists said a "cheeky" discovery has allowed them to estimate a patient's risk of dying by ...

A new test called CheekAge, based on a quick swab of cells in the mouth, might someday be used to predict how long a person has to live, developers report. The test tracks what are known as ...

In May, the FDA approved a self-swab alternative to the pap smear. Doctors say it's just as effective at spotting cervical pre-cancer and cancer. The new tests are on their way to many doctor's ...