New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available.

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a ...

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.

Famed biohacker Bryan Johnson and his Blueprint team devised this measure of harmful plastic particles in your blood.

With Covid-19 cases up across the country, many people are once again relying on home tests to guide decisions about going to work and sending their kids to school and other activities. A lot of those ...

Self-administered HPV tests involve inserting a plastic tube — similar to a tampon — into the vagina, then twisting the ...

As we get into another winter holiday season, COVID is still part of our lives. And although it's hard to predict exactly what this year's cold, flu and coronavirus season will look like, experts want ...

I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the ...

This LetsGetChecked finger-prick test checks for triglycerides and total, HDL, and LDL cholesterol. It also checks your A1C levels and lipoprotein (a), which is a type of LDL that’s mostly hereditary ...