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Oura launches a redesigned app with a new metric to show a weekly overview of stress management and says it is working with the US FDA on a blood pressure study (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/802527/oura-ring-stress-blood-pres…

Oura redesigns app with expanded stress tracking
The company is launching a study that uses ring data to detect ‘early signs of hypertension.’

"EU ministers test positive for PFAS in their blood, despite forever chemical phase-outs"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #PFAS

EU ministers test positive for forever chemicals in their blood
PFAS were found in the blood of all the EU ministers sampled, the tests found.

Scientists from the University of East Anglia and Oxford BioDynamics have created a highly accurate blood test capable of diagnosing
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).
The condition, which causes long-term and often debilitating exhaustion,
affects millions of people around the world,
including more than 400,000 individuals in the UK.
Despite its prevalence,
ME/CFS has remained poorly understood and notorious…

Breakthrough blood test finally confirms Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A team of scientists has developed a highly accurate blood test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The test reads tiny DNA patterns that reveal the biological signature of the illness. For millions who’ve faced doubt and misdiagnosis, it’s a breakthrough that finally validates their experience — and may help diagnose long Covid too.

In other news, today was my first day learning to use a microINR device, intended to monitor my blood anticoagulation levels. The INR, or International Normalized Ratio, is a measure of how long it takes your blood to clot.

So basically this is what I do:

1. Wash my hands, make sure they’re warm and dry.
2. Take a chip (or test strip) and insert it into the device.
3. The device powers on and I wait until it is ready (it has to heat up to a certain temperature)
4.…

🩸 Can a new blood test really detect ME/CFS? An expert unpacks new research
#health

Can a new blood test really detect ME/CFS? An expert unpacks new research
Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have developed a blood test that can diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) with 96% accuracy—the first of its kind.

I was amused that on a recent episode of Gen V that a lab-test animal (that gets turned into a blob of blood and gore) is named "Elon Musk" in order to reduce sympathy for its fate.

Some people are feeding their private medical information into chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini, only to receive generalized or inaccurate diagnoses in response (Maggie Astor/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/well/me

People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
Despite privacy risks and inaccuracy concerns, people are feeding blood test results, doctor’s notes and surgical reports into ChatGPT and the like.

A pilot cohort study of a microfluidic-based point-of-care bilirubin measurement system
Jean Pierre Ndabakuranye, Inge W. G. Last, Kay Weng Choy, Peter Thurgood, Jason C. Steel, Genia Burchall, Stella Stylianou, Khashayar Khoshmanesh, Arman Ahnood
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08943

A pilot cohort study of a microfluidic-based point-of-care bilirubin measurement system
Objective The concentration of bilirubin in blood or serum is useful for assessing liver function as well as monitoring treatment. This study evaluates the clinical performance of a novel point-of-care (PoC) device for the detection of bilirubin in serum. The PoC device incorporates an integrated miniature optoelectronic sensing module and a microfluidic test cartridge. Methods Patients' serum total bilirubin concentrations, ranging from 2 μmol/L to 480 μmol/L, were measured using the PoC d…