{"id":27953,"date":"2024-04-16T17:20:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/what-can-period-blood-reveal-about-a-persons-health\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T17:20:22","slug":"what-can-period-blood-reveal-about-a-persons-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/what-can-period-blood-reveal-about-a-persons-health\/","title":{"rendered":"What can period blood reveal about a person\u2019s health?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you think of getting tested for a disease, you might think first of nasal swabs, urine tests, blood draws. Even though around 1.8 billion people across the world menstruate, period blood doesn\u2019t come to mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that might soon change. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time approved a health test based on period blood. The at-home test, which detects a biomarker for diabetes, offers an alternative to the blood draws typically required to diagnose the disease. It\u2019s also a first step in a long-term vision for researcher Sara Naseri, CEO and cofounder of Qvin, the San Francisco Bay Area\u2013based company that makes the test.<\/p>\n\n\n