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Fecal test for dogs: What to know

When you’ve taken your dog in for a veterinary checkup, chances are you have heard the veterinarian discuss a fecal test and ...
Health.com

Calprotectin Fecal Test: What It Is and What To Expect

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...
Health.com

Do You Actually Need a Gut Health Test?

Carley Millhone is a writer and editor based in the Midwest who covers health, women's wellness, and travel. Her work has appeared in publications like SELF, Greatist, and PureWow. Jay N. Yepuri, MD, ...
Frontiers

A gut microbiota-based predictive model for the treatment efficacy of Parkinson’s disease

Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a predictive model for the decline in treatment efficacy among Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients based on clinical characteristics and biological ...
Medical Xpress

Laboratory Procedure: Fecal Occult Blood Test

Fewer than half of adults have a follow-up colonoscopy within six months following an abnormal stool-based screening test (SBT) for colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a study published online March ...
Medical Xpress

Laboratory Procedure: Fecal Immunochemical Test

Screening with fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) lowers the risk of dying from colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a study published online July 19 in JAMA Network Open. Lowering the fecal ...