{"id":22701,"date":"2025-07-25T12:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/22701\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:07:19","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.newsbeep.com\/uk\/22701\/","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":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNSm45Tkh1ZjZSWXV5TTV0a1B1N1lSMnJlQkRrWXdPWHg3c2gwNGtnVFVIVjgxbUJySWVSN3VhdWVXRlJHWHZXNklINlNMRVZsSUFLMmNVODVEQjdNeTFHVG9kLWtqaWx6LVYyMkExRlB0WXMxUGRTSjdNZnBqcUtaZDRTSjlNS3FNdFRfb0lhaFF2MTFyS3dMdUxWTE1zSHdaSlN1cg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow 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<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE5wUlVLMXNCSzdRQl81M0JnSXZvbTU1Z0RBNGYwbDVyM1IzYllwUVhwY1dPV0E5cS0zY1NCLXpnbEoxd0JwQTdpSUY5QnVVNFNYeDZUeDM5VjFpcGQt?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shop-bought health DIY tests &#8216;inaccurate and unsuitable&#8217;, study says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNckt4bzFXc1c0c3U0bHZ5M0llYjJmT2J4TXZTRUw1Q3gxeC00c3dwZzhKcFEzdWJXRzF3UFNtNnFKa2REenpJVXpfOG9BOG9fTHJWdzNHUWFFNER4VVRIeEVBWVlkdE41dTVRRWFlODk3UGRsa3ZmUHJOWlNCbmlfUC0yRTBCektCd3FOTE9zOUhIbTdLa1YwWW9MQUNyYlhEZjdjMGd0S0pLTms?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Many DIY health tests could give false results, studies find<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxPVFVEYlZ6UDF4NEJJQ0VFTlpXeDVtZXJfSVd4ejVyV2ROY1BYdkoxeXlJTGVtUUVKQmZfcjhBaVVTcnFEUW5ZZ1dOR3g1c0VwdnEwNlNQRGYtUmdVdTlSWU14Y05iX2JzNEt4TG84M0ZsVTY4MmZUWmdtZjJHS0ZNc3lMYmF2aVYwdDc2a01TZkF6blV0cUxEUnZ0blc3VVUzRldqVU1pSmJWc3JVMUx6Y09CclAzVHdTdEJhSU41X0dTUXZBbnlLTHZn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Off-the-shelf medical tests are failing to back up accuracy promises with evidence, study finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNYW42VDVyUEhNbWlwSFRiMm0ySE50T05UZUZuWG4xdkRMVTVRdXZKQzNwRk0zR211Q2czQXRoTFg2R0kxWUtrOFIyUmM5MzczRjlUMmNVT2hBZUVScHRndDZCTzlGSU40U0EyVFFidW1vNnY0ZkpURklMUnd0X0xiSE4xOTU2el9BRi14QmJoZkVpeE5JYzFHYXVWdFlSYmJPNVlHaQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New research exposes the risk of store-bought self-test kits<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/p>\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":98,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-22701","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","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}