WKOW

UW Health uses COVID-19 saliva testing for patients undergoing procedures

MADISON (WKOW) -- UW Health has started using saliva collection for many people being tested for COVID-19 before a procedure. The method is being used for UW Health patients 3-years-old or older who ...
Science Daily

Rapid, at-home prototype saliva test that's as good as RT-PCR

At-home COVID-19 tests have become an easy way to self-diagnose. But current tests have drawbacks, such as the length of time it takes to get an answer, or how accurately the test can identify a ...
fox6now

UW Health uses COVID-19 saliva test for certain patients

Currently, this method is being used for UW Health patients of at least three years old who are asymptomatic and being screened before an operation or procedure. This “spit test” is still performed ...
European Medical Journal

Groundbreaking Saliva Test for Detecting Heart Failure

Discover how a new saliva-based heart failure test could transform diagnosis and treatment worldwide. Keep reading to learn ...
The Daily Illini

UI saliva-based COVID-19 test expands nationwide

The SHIELD Illinois program continues to expand the saliva-based test nationwide as more facilities and universities notice how accurate and accessible this testing is and request these services. Many ...
California Healthline

Easier-to-Use Coronavirus Saliva Tests Start to Catch On

An employee at Spectrum Solutions in Draper, Utah, shows tubes used in their COVID-19 saliva test kit. (George Frey/Getty Images) As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, health care ...
News Medical

Researchers develop saliva testing method for SARS-CoV-2 using robotic RNA extraction

Researchers have developed an automated method of RNA extraction from saliva samples to allow faster processing times and high test sensitivity. Saliva testing could be used as an alternative to swab ...
Los Angeles Times

Saliva tests for coronavirus infections are starting to catch on

As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, healthcare providers and scientists relied on the standard method for detecting respiratory viruses: sticking a long, swab deep into the nose ...
Medscape

A Saliva Test for Diagnosing Endometriosis?

A French research team has developed a microRNA (miRNA) signature for diagnosing endometriosis through a simple saliva test. Its validation in a larger cohort could soon allow doctors to have a cheap, ...
Medscape

At-Home Saliva Test for Adrenal Insufficiency is Simpler and Faster: Study

A new at-home saliva test that could offer a simpler and more rapid way to diagnose adrenal insufficiency among patients at high risk has been unveiled by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
PsyPost on MSN

New $2 saliva test may aid in psychiatric diagnosis

A team of researchers in Brazil has engineered an inexpensive, disposable sensor that can detect a key protein linked to ...