Today, a federal judge is expected to rule on whether providers must begin complying with a Nebraska law (LB 594) that would require women seeking abortions to undergo extensive physical and mental health screenings, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The law -- scheduled to take effect Thursday --...
A new study from Sweden revealed that screening men between 50 and 65 years old with the PSA test for prostate cancer reduced deaths by nearly a half over 14 years and concluded that prostate cancer screening compares favorably with screening for other cancers, but also cautioned that the risk...
Clinical guidelines recommend screening low-risk women for cervical cancer every three years after age 30, but most primary care clinicians report that they would advise testing for the disease more frequently, according to a report in the June 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of...
Does population-based prostate cancer testing actually save lives and, if so, how many men need to be tested in order to save one life? These questions were addressed by top prostate cancer experts at the 105th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA)...
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Screening mammograms in women under age 40 result in high rates of callbacks and additional imaging tests but low rates of cancer detection, according to a study published online May 3 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Many studies have assessed mammography in women over age 40...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second test to screen blood, tissue and organ donors for a blood-borne parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), that causes Chagas disease, a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection. The test, called Abbott Prism Chagas [Trypanosoma...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman (R) on Tuesday is expected to sign two antiabortion bills that would place the state in "uncharted legal territory," the Omaha World-Herald reports. The first bill (LB 594) -- passed by a 40-9 vote -- would require extensive mental and physical health screenings...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman (R) on Tuesday is expected to sign two antiabortion bills that would place the state in "uncharted legal territory," the Omaha World-Herald reports. The first bill (LB 594) -- passed by a 40-9 vote -- would require extensive mental and physical health screenings...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman (R) on Tuesday is expected to sign two antiabortion bills that would place the state in "uncharted legal territory," the Omaha World-Herald reports. The first bill (LB 594) -- passed by a 40-9 vote -- would require extensive mental and physical health screenings...
The case of a 45-year old man from Marion, North Carolina, in the US, whose parents both had breast cancer and, when he suspected he was getting symptoms himself, was turned away by a local public health clinic that offers free breast screening because he is a man, has highlighted the plight...
After receiving abnormal results on a flexible sigmoidoscopy screening test, more than 25 percent of participants in a large national trial did not go to a doctor for the recommended follow-up test, a diagnostic colonoscopy. Blacks in the study were less likely than whites to have the follow-up...
After receiving abnormal results on a flexible sigmoidoscopy screening test, more than 25 percent of participants in a large national trial did not go to a doctor for the recommended follow-up test, a diagnostic colonoscopy. Blacks in the study were less likely than whites to have the follow-up...
UroToday.com - In the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Elizabeth Wever and investigators from Rotterdam report that PSA screening in detecting prostate cancer (CaP) was lower in the United States than in the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer-Rotterdam...
A newly designed system of identifying molecules for treating hepatitis C should enable scientists to discover novel and effective therapies for the dangerous and difficult-to-cure disease of the liver, says Zhilei Chen, a Texas A&M University assistant professor of chemical engineering who...
A newly designed system of identifying molecules for treating hepatitis C should enable scientists to discover novel and effective therapies for the dangerous and difficult-to-cure disease of the liver, says Zhilei Chen, a Texas A&M University assistant professor of chemical engineering who...
A newly designed system of identifying molecules for treating hepatitis C should enable scientists to discover novel and effective therapies for the dangerous and difficult-to-cure disease of the liver, says Zhilei Chen, a Texas A&M University assistant professor of chemical engineering who...
A newly designed system of identifying molecules for treating hepatitis C should enable scientists to discover novel and effective therapies for the dangerous and difficult-to-cure disease of the liver, says Zhilei Chen, a Texas A&M University assistant professor of chemical engineering who...
A newly designed system of identifying molecules for treating hepatitis C should enable scientists to discover novel and effective therapies for the dangerous and difficult-to-cure disease of the liver, says Zhilei Chen, a Texas A&M University assistant professor of chemical engineering who...
A newly designed system of identifying molecules for treating hepatitis C should enable scientists to discover novel and effective therapies for the dangerous and difficult-to-cure disease of the liver, says Zhilei Chen, a Texas A&M University assistant professor of chemical engineering who...
If you think heart disease is a disease of the middle aged, think again. Experts recommend that cholesterol screening should begin as early as 20 years of age because it is a key indicator of heart-attack risk, and should be rechecked at least once every five years. Atherosclerosis begins...