Women's Health

DIY cervical cancer tests could be taken up by the NHS

An at-home cervical-screening test could encourage about 400,000 more women to be screened for the disease every year if adopted by the NHS. Researchers at King's College London have conducted a 'game ...
Medical Xpress

Self-sampling HPV kits could screen an extra million people in England for cervical cancer

Do-it-yourself human papillomavirus (HPV) tests could enable more than a million more women in England to participate in cervical screening over the next three years. The UK's YouScreen trial provided ...
Women's Health

The NHS is sending this at-home bowel cancer test to all over-50s in England

All 50 to 74-year-olds in England will receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme. The age is now being lowered from 54 to 50 ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Self-Testing in HIV Shows Promise in Early Studies

Self-testing for HIV enhances autonomy and is supported by policies in over 100 countries, promoting early detection and treatment initiation. The Together TakeMeHome program distributed self-test ...
Medical Xpress

Many high street health tests are unfit-for-purpose and need greater regulation, warn experts

Many self-tests available on the UK high street are unfit-for-purpose and need much greater regulation to ensure they are safe and reliable, conclude two studies published by The BMJ. The findings ...