News tagged with routine screening

Task force urges bone-density tests for more women

(AP) -- Routine screening for osteoporosis should include all younger postmenopausal women who have at least the same chance of a bone break as an older woman, a government task force said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study says colorectal cancer increasing in young adults

A new study finds that in sharp contrast to the overall declining rates of colorectal cancer in the United States, incidence rates among adults younger than age 50 years are increasing. The authors theorize that these increases ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0