http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City have developed and implemented the first real-time electronic screening tool to identify patients with pneumonia to speed up diagnosis and treatment and improve outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-world-real-time-electronic-tool-diagnosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:03 EST news282828727 Almost everyone (98 per cent) who had the new bowel cancer test – soon to become part of the national screening programme – said they were glad to have gone through the experience, according to a study1 published in the Journal of Medical Screening. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-bowel-cancer-green.html Cancer Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:40:10 EST news280391997 Among rescue and recovery workers exposed to the dust, debris, and fumes following the World Trade Center terrorist attack, there was an increased incidence of prostate and thyroid cancers and multiple myeloma, although it is not clear how big a factor medical screening and non-WTC risk factors contributed to these increases, according to a study in the December 19 issue of JAMA. The authors did not find a statistically significant increased incidence for all cancer sites combined, and note that the findings on the three cancers that did increase should be viewed with caution for several reasons, including that they were based on a small number of cancers, multiple comparisons, and a relatively short follow-up time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-world-center-recovery-workers-incidence.html Cancer Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:00:04 EST news275067944 Medical screening of older drivers is misguided and typifies a "worrying lack of due diligence" by the medical profession, warns a senior doctor in BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-medical-screening-older-drivers-misguided.html Health Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:30:04 EST news267808113 A major review of breast cancer screening services in Europe, jointly led by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, has concluded that the benefits of screening in terms of lives saved outweigh the harms caused by over-diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-comprehensive-european-breast-cancer-screening.html Cancer Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:00:02 EST news266688660 Delegates from around the world will gather for the launch of a new book on medical screening edited by University of Leicester academics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-social-implications-medical-screening.html Other Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:40:01 EST news265462791