A vital test for the space station's urine recycler has been delayed by a low flow glitch.

The lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) assay is a rapid test (similar to a pregnancy test), recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help detect active tuberculosis in HIV ...

Doctors use this test to learn about your urine flow rate, possible urinary irregularities, sphincter function, prostate problems, and bladder issues. It is also called a uroflow test.

If you’re dealing with a chronic illness, the ability to continuously monitor your symptoms is indispensable, helping you gain valuable insights into what makes your body tick – or, rat… ...

It is currently the only point-of-care test for tuberculosis. Although the WHO has recommended the use of lateral flow urine LAM since 2015, the test has not been widely implemented.

This review looks at accuracy of the lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LF-LAM), a commercially available test that detects lipoarabinomannan (LAM), a component of mycobacterial cell ...

A urine test that can rapidly detect acute kidney injury is described in a new study published in Kidney International. “The methodology is identical to the off-the-shelf pregnancy test,” says ...

The medical engineers at Queen Mary used 60 healthy volunteers and 60 patients to test whether self-measurement of the shape of the urine stream could be used to predict maximum urine flow rate.