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Sometimes, at-home medical test kits can save money
Los Angeles Times
Twice a year, Mary Shomon officially checks her ever-fluctuating thyroid hormones—but without bothering to leave her home for a trek to a lab or doctor’s office.
Instead, she pricks her finger with a tiny lancet provided in a thyroid test kit she orders over the Internet. The blood spots onto a small filter strip, which Shomon then mails to a lab. There, it’s analyzed for the levels of thyroid hormones and antibodies. The results are sent directly to her home in Kensington, Md. Shomon shares the results with her doctor, who then adjusts treatment, or not, accordingly.
