Researchers in the United States have shown, for the first time, that it is possible to screen cancer patients for a broad range of cancer-causing genetic mutations as part of normal clinical practice. By identifying patients' individual genotypes within a relatively short time frame, doctors...
Among men who were current or former heavy smokers, undergoing lung cancer screening with computed tomography (CT) scanning identified a substantial proportion who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), suggesting that this method may be helpful as an additional tool in detecting...
The American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have proposed new guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. The proposed guidelines, which are now posted for...
Peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, is a common condition affecting 12-20 percent of Americans age 65 and older that may be a signal of future heart attack and stroke - and many with the disease may be unaware they have it, says the Society of Interventional Radiology. For more than a decade...
Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have determined that the majority of primary care providers continue to recommend annual cervical cancer screening, and less than 15% would extend the screening interval when using the Papanicolaou test and human...
Results from the longest running breast screening trial show that screening with mammography reduces the number of deaths from breast cancer. The study*, by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, shows that the number of deaths that are prevented goes up year after year. The results...
Screening for undiagnosed diabetes is feasible in primary care and detects people with high and potentially modifiable cardiovascular risk. In new research published Online First by The Lancet (the ADDITION-Europe study) a team of European researchers shows that, in patients diagnosed through...
Life Line Screening has published the results of its private health screening survey. Private health screening is becoming increasingly popular in the UK & Ireland. Whilst there are metrics on the benefits of screenings in detecting potentially life-threatening conditions early, and thereby...
Most patients with scoliosis (curved spine) developing after age ten don't need routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning before spine-straightening surgery, suggests a study in the April 14 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters...
After a woman sued Match.com when she was sexually assaulted by a date, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to hear that the mega-big dating site is going to screen potential users before allowing them to creep girls out with their Joey-from-Friends pick-up lines. [Consumerist] More »
The success of a pharmacy based chlamydia screening pilot program in a number of ACT pharmacies has resulted in a record number of pharmacists attending the ACT PSA Branch's first CPD event of the year which focused on the role of pharmacies as a provider of public health interventions. The...
An expanded U.S. program of HIV screening and treatment could prevent as many as 212,000 new infections over the next 20 years and prove to be very cost-effective, according to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. The researchers found that screening high-risk...
Colorectal cancer (CRC) are two words that most people don't want to talk or even think about. But for 50,000 Americans every year, the disease takes their life. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death; a figure that may dramatically decrease if Americans are...
I'm going to my first press screening on Friday.
1. I'm 16, almost 17, and I'm really worried. I write reviews for a website, so I'll be sitting in the press section and won't be going as general admission. Do you guys think they will card me for this? It's a light R, not anything too bad, and...
Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) hailed today's announcement by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) as a seminal moment for the lung cancer community. "Now we have validation from the NCI that screening people at high risk for lung cancer with CT...
According to a study from Thomas Jefferson University, the use of computer-aided detection (CAD) is increasing, in both screening and diagnostic mammography. The findings will be published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. CAD software systems highlight...
Researchers have found that according to existing evidence from randomized controlled trials, routinely screening large populations of men for prostate cancer is not recommended. Their report appears in today's issue of the BMJ (British Medical Journal). Another study published today in the same...
On Wednesday, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning (R) announced that he agreed to a permanent federal injunction blocking enforcement of a law (LB 594) requiring extensive mental and physical health screenings for women seeking abortions, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Bruning...
As warnings and concern increase over the health risks of commonly used scanning tests involving high doses of radiation, radiologists and scientists are seeking ways to improve the safety of the tools they use in diagnosing disease. At Porter Adventist Hospital, for example, physicians and...
A federal judge on Wednesday granted a temporary injunction against a Nebraska law (LB 594) that would require women seeking abortions to undergo extensive physical and medical screenings, the Omaha Word-Herald reports. The law was scheduled to take effect today. A lawsuit was filed against the...