News tagged with early screening

Experts and parents are unsure of new touch-screen tablet, marketed for very young children

A computer for babies may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a Canadian company has just made it reality. Last month Rullingnet Corp. launched Vinci, a 7-inch touch-screen tablet that sells for $389 to $479 and ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early prostate cancer detection, screening: No benefit for men with low baseline PSA value

Men aged 55 to 74 years who have low baseline blood levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) are not likely to benefit from further screening and treatment. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Early Alzheimer's Screenings Could Cut Health Care Costs

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the nation debates how to control costs as part of health care reform, an Alzheimer's disease researcher says early diagnosis and treatment of the disease could save the nation billions of dollars in costs ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ovarian cancers detected early may be less aggressive, questioning effectiveness of screening

The biology of ovarian cancers discovered at an early stage may render them slower growing and less likely to spread than more aggressive cancers, which typically are discovered in an advanced stage, according to a study ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0