Doctors say that home tests can be as accurate as getting tested in a lab if you get a good sample. (Getty Images) Getting tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) used to mean driving to ...

British researchers have developed a quick and painless method for telling if a man has chlamydia - one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. It's a urine test that produces relatively ...

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home test that can detect three common infections in women ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new 30-minute point-of-care (POC) test using self-collected vaginal swabs works as well as lab-based molecular diagnostic tests for detecting chlamydia and gonorrhea, new ...

If you went to school in Australia, chances are you’ve got at least a baseline understanding of sex education. However, for many of us, those classes might’ve looked a little more like condoms on a ...

It’s that time of year again. We all eat too much, drink too much, and get a bit silly under mistletoe. Not to mention those office parties! Nudge – wink! No wonder – and yes this is true – there is ...

A potential solution to this problem is the use of point-of-care tests that can provide an immediate result, thereby allowing clinical services to offer treatment and begin the process of partner ...

DES PLAINES, Ill., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Many health insurance plans are required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to cover certain STD screenings without ...

When, a handful of years ago, the U.S. and Canada changed their screening guidelines for cervical cancer, it was an acknowledgment that screenings for young women carried unintended harms. However, a ...