Sentences with phrase «accurate than blood»

It is usually more accurate than blood tests, but is more expensive and can be dangerous.

The use of acetone breath analyzers has been shown to be fairly accurate, but less accurate than the blood monitor method.

Salivary hormone testing is more accurate than blood testing as it reflects what is going in the tissues.

In 2015, The Lancet published research and found that grip strength is more accurate than blood pressure in forecasting fatal heart disease, and a 2017 Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care study concluded that muscle mass is a far better predictor of health than body mass index.

This is far more accurate than the blood tests.

I also recommend getting a saliva test as they tend to be more accurate than blood tests.

I believe she mentioned that it was more accurate than the blood test.

Not exact matches

They are known for being less reliable than blood or breath testing methods but they are cheap and easy to use and I felt gave me an accurate enough indicator for my experiment.

NIPT looks at fetal DNA in the mother's blood and has been shown to be more accurate than traditional predecessors, which means fewer false alarms that trigger avoidable additional testing.

«That information would provide a much better, more accurate picture of your overall health than the snapshot you get from blood and urine collected on the day of your once - a-year checkup.»

The chip requires less than a drop of blood for an accurate test, so doctors can test multiple times to determine the occurrence of sepsis as well as retest periodically after administering antibiotics to make sure the body's response is returning to normal.

The Johns Hopkins scientists who conducted the trial said the finding is significant because measuring immune system responses directly in the lesions may be a more accurate way to evaluate so - called «therapeutic» vaccines than by the conventional means of blood analysis.

Indeed, research doesn't always support the notion that salt causes high blood pressure: A large, multicenter study known as INTERSALT compared urinary sodium levels — an accurate indicator of prior sodium consumption — with hypertension in more than 10,000 people in 1988 and found no statistically significant association between them.

A BLOOD test that can spot early - stage bowel cancer may be a more accurate way to screen for the disease than current methods.

«From MARBLES, which provides more accurate time - specific exposure measurements than CHARGE, we will use direct measures in the mothers» blood collected during pregnancy and breastfeeding periods.»

Of course, it won't be as accurate as the results of a blood test, but it's an important and useful thing to do if you're suspecting that your T might be lower than you want it to be and it will give you a pretty close idea as to where you stand.

I have recently learned about another type of Lyme / spirochete test that is also more accurate than some of the blood tests.

I've explained before how I use a glucometer during pregnancy as a more accurate and detailed way to make sure that my blood sugar levels are good and that I am not at risk for gestational diabetes, but this simple test can provide much more health insight than just gestational diabetes.

If one wished to know the concentration of «free» bioavailable hormone in the blood, it is obvious that saliva hormone levels are more accurate and more relevant than serum hormone levels.

the athletes using HGH in professional sports are not going to be able to get away anymore with the cheating; they have very accurate blood tests nowadays that can catch any use of human growth hormone for more than 2 weeks.

If you really want to track ketone levels (more for therapeutic purposes), I suggest you either try using a blood ketone meter or a breathalyzer that are a lot more accurate than Ketostix.

That is why saliva testing is a far more accurate and relevant test than blood tests in measuring bio-available progesterone.

I've mentioned before that while basal body temperature is a more accurate indicator of hypothyroidism than blood testing, there are extraneous influences that need to be accounted for which can influence the results of the test.

So that first claim is pretty easily dismissed, and the second claim, which is that urine pH is an accurate indicator of health or that our urine pH is a good reflection of our serum pH, you will actually find some studies that make that claim, but they're also easily dismissed, and there are many more studies that have found that the pH of our urine does not in any way reflect the pH of our blood and, therefore, it's not a reliable indicator of anything other than how well our kidneys are functioning because one of their main jobs is to buffer the blood and remove any excess acid that might accumulate from protein digestion.

Insulin shows early diabetes risks while Hba1c provides a more accurate understanding of blood glucose levels than the standard blood glucose test.

The researchers examined data from population studies of diets, and also looked at markers of fatty acid levels in the blood, which are considered a more accurate measure of eating patterns than self - reported diet information.

The best current method to test for ketones is using a blood meter, which is much more accurate than urine testing.

Our experienced staff has the ability to run blood chemistries, complete blood counts (CBC), and electrolyte values in less than 20 minutes, enabling our veterinarians to make an accurate diagnosis and begin treatment right away.

The Idexx Snap ® test, or its competitor, Zoetis» Witness ®, that veterinarians use are quite accurate in detecting if you dog is infected with heartworms — considerably more so than the earlier tests we had (eg Difil Test) that just looked for heartworm larva circulating in your pet's blood.

Some cat owners are willing and able to take on the task of measuring their cat's blood glucose levels at home rather than in a veterinary hospital — a potentially less expensive and more accurate monitoring method.