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What to Know About the String Test

The string test, which is also called the Entero-test, is a test used to find parasites in the upper part of your gastrointestinal tract. To perform the test, you swallow a string. When the string is ...
Daily Express

The string test for obesity: How to tell if you’re too fat in two quick and easy steps

THE STRING test for obesity is an easy and simple method for finding out if you’re too fat. Experts revealed the trick on BBC show The Trust About Obesity, and all you need is a piece of string and ...
The Sun

Simple ‘string test’ is ‘significantly better’ than BMI at detecting if your child is obese

Experts have revealed how to check your waist-to-height ratio CHECKING your child’s waist-to-height ratio is a better measure of if they’re obese than body mass index (BMI), a study shows. The simple ...
Yahoo Finance

Medicare Now Reimbursing for EnteroTrack’s Esophageal String Test®, Expanding Access to Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis

AURORA, Colo., Oct. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EnteroTrack LLC announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is paying for the company’s Esophageal String Test ® (EST), marking a ...
Yahoo Finance

Esophageal String Test®, a Less Invasive Way to Monitor Adults and Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), Launches in the US

AURORA, Colo., Oct. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clinicians with the Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Disease Program at the Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital of Colorado, performed the ...