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Eli Lilly demonstrating saliva based hormone checking technology at CES
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- Title
- This stick tests your hormones using your phone and saliva
- Authors
- Victoria Song
- Published
- Jan 6 2025
- Word count
- 626 words
While I hope this kind of thing has a positive effect for people, I do want to point out the risks of having pregnancy-related hormones tracked in an app depending on where you live.
Also: The Rabbit Test
That was my first concern too when I read the article. Thanks for linking Rabbit Test, I’d not read that before.
You're welcome! A dark vision for sure, but I think visualizing it might help us avoid it.
I appreciate how clear The Verge is stating that this type of monitoring may hold no real benefit if you haven't established a medical review with a physician, and that the test isn't FDA approved (just registered).
I would imagine this is most beneficial to women who are attempting to get pregnant and have established with a doctor that their fertility needs tracking beyond cycle journaling. (Sort of a middle step before doing something additional that requires more frequent medical tests, etc.)
The article brings up PCOS as a potential vector of interest as well, it could be helpful for them or their GP to be able to track that on a day to day basis without doing blood draws or daily appointments.
If it's accurate and expanded to estradiol and testosterone as well, I can also see it being useful for trans people on HRT who are supposed to monitor these levels anyway. Assuming they aren't more expensive, it could cut down on the number/frequency of blood tests required there. Of course, "if it's accurate" is the big sticking point here.
People who want to get pregnant aren't the only ones who are interested in this type of technology. It could have some amazing diagnostic benefits as well - currently, these tests are blood tests and for those that are anemic (like me, for example), would benefit from not having to have any blood taken to test for other issues (or even the standard non-blood panels like TSH).
Official website and waitlist: https://eli.health/
Edit: I goofed it, Eli Lilly and Eli Health are two entirely different things.