She’s only 17, but Jessica Chrzan is at the forefront of an effort to do a better job of monitoring a disease that makes her nauseated. Chrzan participated in a University of Illinois at Chicago ...

The string test, which is also called the Entero-test, is a test used to find parasites in the upper part of your gastrointestinal tract. To perform the test, you swallow a string. When the string is ...

Chennai: Australian physician and Nobel laureate Dr Barry J Marshall, who in the 1980s ingested ulcer-causing bacteria H pylori for a research study to prove it causes ulcers, is now working on a ...

A ‘sponge on a string’ pill test can identify which people with a condition called Barrett’s esophagus have a low risk of developing esophageal cancer - sparing them uncomfortable endoscopies. Cancer ...