Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have developed a spit test that can be taken at home and is more accurate than the one currently used by the NHS - ...

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A new at-home saliva test could help identify men with a high risk of prostate cancer more accurately than blood tests, leading to earlier diagnosis and more successful treatment. Prostate cancer is ...

Cancer, heart disease and diabetes patients may soon not have to undergo the tedious and sometimes traumatising routine of drawing blood to test their condition, thanks to a new study by US scientists ...

A little spit may help predict whether a child's concussion symptoms will subside in days or persist for weeks. A test that measures fragments of genetic material in saliva was nearly 90 percent ...

It can be difficult to tell how a long a concussion will last. However, a spit test may soon be able to diagnose and determine the duration, according to a new a report. Researchers from Penn State ...