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by noknownsender 2162 days ago
It probably depends on what is causing the false positive.

If it is just some variance in the test, then multiple testings could help (And the test could probably be improved to reduce false positives pretty easily)

But if there is something intrinsic to those tested (say, some hormone level or other) Repeat tests will give repeat false positives. AND it may be harder to eliminate false positives by refining the test