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Smart sanitary pads use rapid test strips and AI app to reveal key health biomarkers

by Deborah Kyburz, ETH Zurich, edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Colour changes on the sanitary towel can be interpreted by eye or photographed with a smartphone and evaluated directly in the app. The prototype has a dot with a control dot on the test strip for each biomarker. Credit: AI generated: Lucas Dosnon and Josef […]

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New & old drug combo drops cholesterol by 49% in human trial

By Paul McClure May 18, 2025 Combining new and old drugs halved levels of “bad” cholesterol Depositphotos Some people can’t get their bad cholesterol levels down, even if they take cholesterol-lowering meds. A new clinical trial using a combination of existing and not-yet-released cholesterol tablets lowered bad cholesterol by almost half in people at high risk

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