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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… »

Covid: New care home visits guidance in England defended by minister

The updated government advice, which comes into effect on Thursday, says care homes – especially those which haven’t allowed visits since March – “will be encouraged and supported to provide safe visiting opportunities”. BBC News – Health

Diet matching blood type take home

It was amazing which foods that I should eat were the foods that I gravitated to as a child and growing up to adulthood. Man uses pressure cooker to inhale steam, netizens divided A video surfaced on social media is showing a man using a pressure cooker to inhale steam to protect himself from Covid… Read More: Diet matching blood type take home »

Video Calls Trigger Home & Garden Purchases, New Research Finds

Over half (51%) of UK and US consumers say pandemic lockdown motivated them to spend money on making their living environment more comfortable and fun Over a third of consumers inspired by seeing inside other people’s homes in lockdown video calls 52% of households has made at least on online purchase for their home or… Read More: Video Calls Trigger Home & Garden Purchases, New Research Finds »