Today, I’m going to broaden the topic of diagnostics to talk about the most important person in this discussion - you!
I’ve been focusing on diagnostic tests that your doctor orders for you. But there are some tests that you can buy yourself. For instance, you can go to a drugstore right now and buy a pregnancy test, a diabetes blood sugar test, or even a home drug test. These are often called direct-to-consumer tests. For a test to be direct-to-consumer, it has to be easy to take and the results have to be easy to understand.
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