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Dried blood spots have clear advantages over mini tubes when it comes to lab analysis of home collected samples for HIV and syphilis testing

Blood samples taken at home and sent by post to labs to screen for HIV and syphilis are more likely to be successfully processed when the collection technique used is dried blood spots rather than mini tubes, investigators from the UK report in Sexually Transmitted Infections. Close to 95% of dried blood spot samples were… Read More: Dried blood spots have clear advantages over mini tubes when… »

oneM2M’s 7th Interoperability event delivers go-to-market confidence to IoT industry

Sophia Antipolis, France, 23 December 2020 – Significant steps have been made towards the realisation of a standardised Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, during the global IoT standards initiative oneM2M’s 7th Interoperability event. Global technology companies with a stake in the IoT joined a two-week virtual event of interoperability testing with oneM2M’s IoT standards, using… Read More: oneM2M’s 7th Interoperability event delivers go-to-market confidence to IoT industry »

Warning to stay away from 36 beaches

Victorians are being urged not to swim at 36 beaches across the state as heavy rainfall is expected to cause poor water quality over the next three days. The state’s environment watchdog issued the warning on Tuesday as the state braces for two days of downpours. Water at 36 beaches were rated as poor by… Read More: Warning to stay away from 36 beaches »

Do YOU Understand the Dangers of Hormone Therapy?

Despite widespread publicity, the 2002 landmark study on the potential dangers of hormone therapy for postmenopausal women is completely unknown to most women. New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine discovered that only 29 percent of the women surveyed knew anything about the study two years later. Additionally, only 40 percent of the… Read More: Do YOU Understand the Dangers of Hormone Therapy? »