Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors say that home tests can be as accurate as getting tested in a lab if you get a good sample. (Getty Images) (MMilda via ...

You can get at-home medical tests for everything from Covid-19 to drug testing to hormone levels or food sensitivities. You can examine your gut, your blood, or even your DNA. At-home STI tests use ...

While we might all think, ‘I’m safe, it’ll never happen to me’, recent reports show that STI diagnoses in England are on the rise, with those aged 15 to 24 seeing a 26% increase in diagnoses between ...

We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission Here’s our process. STIs are common. In 2018, the Centers for Disease ...

I was lying under a blanket, enjoying a chill Friday evening when my phone buzzed. "Hey, you might wanna get tested," the text read. I sat bolt upright. The message was from the guy I'd been sleeping ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About one in five people who present with vaginitis symptoms also have at least one STI. CDC recommends ...

In the past few years, we’ve gotten very familiar with at-home rapid testing for COVID-19. In the midst of the pandemic, the need for another kind of health screening skyrocketed: Rates of STIs rose ...

A novel at-home molecular test proved highly accurate for diagnosing three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in females, according to a clinical study from the test's manufacturer. The ...

Checking for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which are notoriously underreported and stigmatized, may soon get easier now that U.S. authorities have recently approved the first commercial ...

The FDA has cleared its first at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea, the two most common sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S., amid steadily rising numbers of cases. Sold by LetsGetChecked—a ...

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