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Breath tests can provide a lot of information in a relatively short period of time, now researchers are suggesting that breath may also be able to act as an early warning system for cancer with a new test that is helping to detect certain forms of the disease without the need for more invasive medical …
Metal-oxide nanofiber based chemiresistive gas sensors offer greater usability for real-time breath tests on smart phones or tablet PCs in the near future. Your smartphone or tablet PC may soon enable a breath test for real-time assessment to detect diabetes and lung cancer. Il-Doo Kim, from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Republic …
University of Florida (US) team develops a simple, non-invasive, low-cost breath test which can more accurately measure vitamin B12 status. Low levels of Vitamin B12 have been associated with fatigue, clinical depression, memory loss pernicious anemia and Alzheimer’s disease. A new breath test for the diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency may allow for a cheaper, …