Gastroenterology
Q and A: Advances in screening for colon cancer
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend of mine passed away recently after receiving a colon cancer diagnosis. Who is at risk for this cancer, and should I be screened?
Jan 3, 2023
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News tagged with disease screening
Genetics
Australian public strongly supports DNA screening for risk of medically actionable conditions: Study
Nine in 10 Australians would participate in preventive DNA screening for risk of medically actionable conditions, a new national survey has found.
Dec 1, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Biomarker in urine could be the first to reveal early-stage Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease can remain undetected until it is too late to treat. Large-scale screening programs could help to detect early-stage disease, but current diagnostic methods are too cumbersome and expensive. Now, a new ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Cardiology
Risk of heart disease can be predicted with simple eye test through artificial intelligence algorithm, research finds
Artificial intelligence-enabled eye scans could be used to rapidly and accurately predict whether a person is at high risk of heart disease, a new study involving researchers from London's Kingston University has established.
Nov 29, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Women with benign breast disease face higher risk of breast cancer in the long term, according to large-scale study
The risk of breast cancer is almost doubled in women diagnosed with benign breast disease through screening, according to research presented at the 13th European Breast Cancer Conference today (Nov. 17).
Nov 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Personalized kidney screening for people with type 1 diabetes could reduce costs, detect disease earlier
Taking a personalized approach to kidney disease screening for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) may reduce the time that chronic kidney disease (CKD) goes undetected, according to a new analysis performed by the Epidemiology ...
Nov 2, 2022
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Medications
Investigating the use of high-throughput screening and high-content screening in anti-obesity drug discovery
In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that nearly 13% of the world's adult population suffered from obesity. It is well known that this complex disease is correlated with long-term health effects such as type-2 ...
Oct 14, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Colonoscopy-screening does not prevent colorectal cancer as well as previously assumed
On October 10 the world's first randomized study on using colonoscopy-screening to prevent colorectal cancer was presented during the 2022 United European Gastroenterology Week in Vienna.
Oct 10, 2022
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Genetics
Zinc could treat a rare genetic disorder
Pediatric encephalopathies of genetic origin cause severe motor and intellectual disabilities from birth. One of these diseases, first identified in 2013, is caused by mutations in the GNAO1 gene. In order to understand the ...
Oct 10, 2022
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Diabetes
60% aren't being screened for diabetes complications in South Africa, according to new study
The world is experiencing a steep rise in the number of people living with diabetes, a chronic condition of significant public health concern. Many developing countries like South Africa now bear the greatest burden.
Oct 5, 2022
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