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Health groups issue cervical cancer screening guidelines
The American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have released new guidelines for the prevention and early detection ...
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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Doctors practicing healthy lifestyles more likely to preach it to patients
Physicians who have more healthy habits are more likely than doctors without such habits to recommend five important lifestyle modifications to patients, including eating healthy, limiting sodium, maintaining a healthy weight, ...
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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Broader screening for hepatitis C would be cost effective, study suggests
Broader screening to identify people infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) would likely be cost effective, according to a new report published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online. Significantly reducing HCV-related mortality and morbidity, however, will require a coordinated ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Asymptomatic often sent for lung cancer screening tests
(HealthDay) -- A majority of primary care physicians report ordering lung cancer screening tests for asymptomatic patients, according to research published in the March/April issue of the Annals of Family Me ...
Cancer
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Comprehensive guidelines needed for young adult preventive care
With no specific clinical preventive care guidelines targeting young adults, health care providers are missing key opportunities to improve the health of this population through preventive screening and intervention.
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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AAO-HNSF clinical practice guideline: Sudden hearing loss
On March 1, 2012, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation published a new Clinical Practice Guideline on Sudden Hearing Loss (SHL). This guideline is published as a supplement to Otolaryngology–Head an ...
Surgery
Mar 01, 2012 |
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U.S. kids still eat too much added sugar: CDC
(HealthDay) -- Added sugar in drinks and foods makes up almost 16 percent of the calories U.S. children and teens consume, federal health officials report.
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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First international guidelines for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease
The inaugural international guidelines for the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide, have today been published by the World Heart Federation in Nature Reviews ...
Cardiology
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Benchmarking study prompts rethink on next cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines
Sophia Antipolis, Wednesday 22 February 2012: The next Joint European CVD Prevention Guidelines, scheduled for publication later this year at EuroPRevent 2012, will be shorter, tighter and supported by fewer references. The ...
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Feb 22, 2012 |
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Guideline: Monitoring spinal cord during surgery may help prevent paralysis
The American Academy of Neurology is issuing an updated guideline that recommends monitoring the spinal cord during spinal surgery and certain chest surgeries to help prevent paralysis, or loss of muscle function, related ...
Neuroscience
Feb 20, 2012 |
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New analysis shows most Australians at increased risk of bowel cancer are under-screened
(Medical Xpress) -- People who are at an increased risk of developing bowel cancer, because they have a family history of the disease, are failing to have adequate screening, a University of Melbourne study has found.
Cancer
Feb 17, 2012 |
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New guidelines developed for improved deep venous thrombosis diagnosis
A researcher at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City is part of a select panel of international experts to help develop new evidence-based clinical guidelines used by physicians worldwide for the diagnosis and treatment ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Study finds injectable treatment for blood clots in advanced cancer patients increases
The use of an injectable, clot-preventing drug known as Low Molecular Weight Heparin to treat patients with advanced cancer complicated by blood clots increased steadily between 2000 and 2007, according to a new study published ...
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Feb 14, 2012 |
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US issues guidelines to avoid heparin contamination
Four years after US drug-maker Baxter International's blood thinner heparin was contaminated in China, causing dozens of deaths, US regulators on Friday issued draft guidelines for safe production.
Medications
Feb 10, 2012 |
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FDA outlines path for lower-priced biotech drugs
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to review the first lower-cost versions of biotech drugs, expensive medications which have never before faced generic competition.
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Feb 09, 2012 |
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