For the third time, a test measuring how contagious tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker might be has come back negative – meaning the 31-year-old’s chances of passing on his disease are “extremely low ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A study done in South Africa says a simple, straightforward sputum test is enough to diagnose tuberculosis among children. The study, whose results appear in ...

Results of a South African study in this week's issue of THE LANCET show how a diagnosis of tuberculosis in young children can be confirmed by a straightforward sputum test, rather than the ...

A third sputum test on a man quarantined with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis was negative for the presence of TB bacteria, hospital officials said Tuesday, opening up the possibility that he could ...

The Xpert MTB/RIF pulmonary tuberculosis test, recommended by WHO, detected twice as many cases as smear microscopy in a cohort of children in Africa, according to study results. The aim of the ...

An on-the-spot sputum test for tuberculosis works better than the commonly-used, 125-year-old microscope method, but did not reduce illness in a southern African trial, a study said Monday. While the ...

Lung cancer will kill roughly 159,000 people in the United States this year, making it the deadliest malignancy. About 85 percent of patients are diagnosed too late for surgery, and they generally ...

Simple Diagnostic Test Detects Genetic Signs Of Lung Cancer In A Patient's Sputum Date: January 18, 2007 Source: American Association for Cancer Research Summary: DNA coughed up along with phlegm ...

There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in ...