{"id":294263,"date":"2025-07-26T21:26:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T21:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294263\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T21:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T21:26:27","slug":"shop-bought-health-tests-not-fit-for-purpose-warn-experts-as-they-present-significant-risk-for-wrong-diagnosis-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/294263\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop-bought health tests not fit for purpose, warn experts &#8211; as they present \u2018significant risk\u2019 for wrong diagnosis &#8211; The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNSm45Tkh1ZjZSWXV5TTV0a1B1N1lSMnJlQkRrWXdPWHg3c2gwNGtnVFVIVjgxbUJySWVSN3VhdWVXRlJHWHZXNklINlNMRVZsSUFLMmNVODVEQjdNeTFHVG9kLWtqaWx6LVYyMkExRlB0WXMxUGRTSjdNZnBqcUtaZDRTSjlNS3FNdFRfb0lhaFF2MTFyS3dMdUxWTE1zSHdaSlN1cg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shop-bought health tests not fit for purpose, warn experts &#8211; as they present \u2018significant risk\u2019 for wrong diagnosis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sun<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5wUlVLMXNCSzdRQl81M0JnSXZvbTU1Z0RBNGYwbDVyM1IzYllwUVhwY1dPV0E5cS0zY1NCLXpnbEoxd0JwQTdpSUY5QnVVNFNYeDZUeDM5VjFpcGQt?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shop-bought health DIY tests &#8216;inaccurate and unsuitable&#8217;, study says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNckt4bzFXc1c0c3U0bHZ5M0llYjJmT2J4TXZTRUw1Q3gxeC00c3dwZzhKcFEzdWJXRzF3UFNtNnFKa2REenpJVXpfOG9BOG9fTHJWdzNHUWFFNER4VVRIeEVBWVlkdE41dTVRRWFlODk3UGRsa3ZmUHJOWlNCbmlfUC0yRTBCektCd3FOTE9zOUhIbTdLa1YwWW9MQUNyYlhEZjdjMGd0S0pLTms?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Many DIY health tests could give false results, studies find<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxPVFVEYlZ6UDF4NEJJQ0VFTlpXeDVtZXJfSVd4ejVyV2ROY1BYdkoxeXlJTGVtUUVKQmZfcjhBaVVTcnFEUW5ZZ1dOR3g1c0VwdnEwNlNQRGYtUmdVdTlSWU14Y05iX2JzNEt4TG84M0ZsVTY4MmZUWmdtZjJHS0ZNc3lMYmF2aVYwdDc2a01TZkF6blV0cUxEUnZ0blc3VVUzRldqVU1pSmJWc3JVMUx6Y09CclAzVHdTdEJhSU41X0dTUXZBbnlLTHZn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Off-the-shelf medical tests are failing to back up accuracy promises with evidence, study finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPenFJbWdFWlVQMi13QVlzVXJJTGREckNHbURXdDlUcGpFTXZ4VnlPQVdXSW9sWjc5TFFRWUZfZ0xoTzRELUdxcng4cFgwTlktWTRoeEdXRkk2dEVMQW1uOHU0VXhxTFU1N0pSZk91eTM0SXBGTGp5SE55dG9lV2JkalBMMEFZRnNVRmVSV0ZJRUQ4dC1jR2NMdA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leave health tests to medical professionals, researchers warn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shop-bought health tests not fit for purpose, warn experts &#8211; as they present \u2018significant risk\u2019 for wrong diagnosis&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-294263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114921654568520882","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}