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Should cervical screening stop at age 50?
Apr 24, 2009 |
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It is not consistent to stop screening women after age 50 because the risk of cervical cancer - even after several negative smear results - is similar to that at younger ages, concludes a study published on bmj.com today.
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The public overestimates benefits of cancer screening, survey finds
Aug 11, 2009 |
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A public survey conducted in Europe found that the vast majority of people overestimate the life-saving benefits of breast and prostate cancer screening, according to a new study published online August 12 in the Journal of ...
Screening for colorectal cancer detects unrecognized disease
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Screening for colorectal cancer detects four out of ten cancers and should be carefully designed to be more effective, according to a study published today on bmj.com.
PSA screening cuts deaths by 20 percent
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Screening for prostate cancer can reduce deaths by 20%, according to the results of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) published online 1700 hours CET, today 18 March (NEJM, Online First*). ...
Study: 1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed ...
Patients are untapped resource for improving care, study finds
Feb 23, 2009 |
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As the United States transitions to a new administration, and as the health care crisis mounts, the debate about how to buttress primary care delivery with information technology is getting louder. While much of the attention—and ...
Health insurance co-payments studied
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Medical scientists determined small health insurance co-payments have a big effect on U.S. mammography rates.
Survey: Ask permission to use newborn data, parents say
Jul 15, 2009 |
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More than three-quarters of parents would be willing to permit the use of their children's newborn screening samples for research purposes if their permission were obtained beforehand, a University of Michigan survey shows.
Overdiagnosis since introduction of prostate cancer screening
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The introduction of prostate-antigen screening, or PSA, has resulted in over 1 million additional men over the last 23 years being diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer—most of whom were likely overdiagnosed, researchers ...
Many pregnant women avoid HIV screening in Africa
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 19, 2009 |
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'Prevention is the best cure' is a common expression, but what happens if preventative measures are not used? A large proportion of pregnant Ugandan women are going out of their way not to be HIV tested, increasing the risk ...
ACP recommends routine HIV screening for all patients
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2008 |
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On World AIDS Day, the American College of Physicians (ACP) is giving doctors a call-to-action to routinely encourage HIV screening to all of their patients older than 13 years. This new practice guideline appears on the ...
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