News tagged with screening tests
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Depression linked with accumulation of visceral fat
Numerous studies have shown that depression is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, but exactly how has never been clear.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Researchers unveil new method for detecting lung cancer
When lung cancer strikes, it often spreads silently into more advanced stages before being detected. In a new article published in Nature Nanotechnology, biological engineers and medical scientists at the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 15, 2011 |
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New Hope for Deadly Childhood Bone Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have shed new light on Ewing’s sarcoma, an often deadly bone cancer that typically afflicts children and young adults. Their research ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Experts warn over health check brain scans
A new study has voiced concern about the growing market for brain screening tests, which people can buy as part of a general health MOT.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Do all student athletes need heart screenings?
Seemingly every year there are reports of a young, apparently healthy athlete dying on the court or playing field.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Recent Drug Use Masks Cocaine Abusers' Cognitive Impairment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent cocaine use may hide some of the cognitive deficits commonly experienced by individuals addicted to cocaine, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2009 |
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New tool for early diabetes detection in adults
(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple questionnaire developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College can promote early detection of diabetes in adults so they can dramatically reduce their risk.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
(AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even President Barack Obama - are being overtreated.
Mar 12, 2010 |
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HPV testing followed by cytology and repeat HPV testing may improve cervical cancer screening
The use of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing as an initial screening step followed by triage with a standard Pap test (cytology) and repeat HPV DNA testing may increase the accuracy of cervical cancer screening, according ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Gene fusion discovery may lead to improved prostate cancer test
A newly discovered gene fusion is highly expressed in a subset of prostate cancers, according to a study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. The findings, reported in the April 1 issue of Cancer Research, may le ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests
(AP) -- Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate ...
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Urologists affirm men should take lead in deciding prostate screening (w/ Video)
Men who undergo prostate-cancer screening should discuss with a doctor the uncertainties, risks and benefits of the test before it is performed, says Edward Partridge, M.D., president-elect of the American Cancer Society ...
Mar 05, 2010 |
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Doctors urge baseline test for prostate cancer
(AP) -- An influential doctors group is backing off its call for annual tests after age 50 to screen for prostate cancer.
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Cost-savings of colorectal cancer screening as treatment costs increase
Investing in some colorectal cancer screening programs could cut future, more expensive treatment costs in half, according to a new study published online September 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The on ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Study shows Hodgkin lymphoma survivors lack post-treatment screening for other cancers
A population-based study of 2,071 Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivors over 15 years has discovered that while many survivors had multiple X-rays and CT scans years after treatment was finished, they often did not receive recommended ...
Jun 10, 2010 |
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