Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold for health center serving minorities
Colorectal cancer screening rates jumped by more than 1,000 percent when researchers sent take-at-home tests to patients overdue for testing
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Prostate cancer screening is no longer automatic. That’s turned out to be a sensible change
When an influential federal advisory panel recommended in 2012 that doctors omit prostate cancer screening from routine health care for
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Depression screening tools in patients with kidney failure
A recent analysis examines research on the use of depression screening tools in patients with kidney failure. The results appear
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Screening younger women for hereditary cancers may be cost effective
Population-wide screening for genetic variants linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer may be cost effective in women between the
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Physician advocates screening teen emergency room patients for sexually transmitted infections
A University of Cincinnati researcher is recommending pediatric hospital emergency rooms consider screening for sexually transmitted infections (STI) teenage and
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Mayo Clinic expert answers questions about breast cancer screening, levels of risk and latest in imaging
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for some patients to keep on track with their regular breast cancer screenings.
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Researchers take issue with study evaluating an AI system for breast cancer screening
In a new perspective piece “Transparency and reproducibility in artificial intelligence” published this week in the journal Nature, an international
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Rapid screening tests that prioritize speed over accuracy could be key to ending the coronavirus pandemic
Broad access to testing is one of the most powerful tools to keep the COVID-19 pandemic under control until there’s
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Woman reportedly bragged about using medicine to lower temperature at airport’s coronavirus screening
China quarantines whole cities to control coronavirus Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel on fears the virus could spread
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