This provocatively-titled study adds a new way in which one can analyze sputum for medical purposes: “Quantitative fucK Gene Polymerase Chain Reaction on Sputum and Nasopharyngeal Secretions to Detect Haemophilus influenzae Pneumonia,” Guma M.K. Abdeldaim, Kristoffer Strålin, Per Olcéne, Paula Möllinge, and Bjorn Herrmann, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, vol. 76, no. 2, June 2013, […]
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Headline of the Day: Blood, Spit & Burnout
Today’s Headline of the Day comes from a University of Montreal press release: Simple spit and blood tests might detect burnout before it happens The press release goes on to say: Your blood and the level of a hormone in your spit could reveal if you’re on the point of burnout, according to research undertaken […]