Scientists may have sniffed out a breakthrough when detecting Alzheimer’s. The degenerative disease, which affects millions ...

A simple nasal swab may offer an unexpected window into the earliest biological signals of Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s disease is notoriously difficult to detect early, often diagnosed only after memory and cognitive decline have ...

Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people worldwide, yet the illness is hardest to catch at the very beginning, when new ...

Duke Health researchers say a nasal swab may detect Alzheimer’s signals long before symptoms appear, offering hope for ...

There are roughly 225,000 new cases of lung cancer every year in the United States. Early diagnosis and treatment play a large role in improving outcomes. A recently developed nasal swab test could ...

Diagnosing precisely what type of asthma a child has and fine-tuning the treatment for it involves an invasive procedure under general anesthesia. For children with mild asthma, it's just not worth ...

Severity of a COVID-19 illness could be determined by examining autoantibodies in the nasal cavity, allowing more personalized treatment protocols. Severe COVID-19 can be life-threatening for patients ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many infectious disease experts believe swabbing both your nose and throat will increase the sensitivity of at-home COVID rapid ...

A new paper describes a test that can differentiate between different types of asthma via a nasal swab. Researchers hope the test can eventually be used to help match patients with better treatments.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's a question some scientists are taking a deeper look at: Nose or throat -- what is the best way to do a COVID-19 test? A woman says she swabbed both her nose and throat and ...