Oncology & Cancer
Women's awareness of alcohol's role in breast cancer risk is poor
Women's awareness of alcohol's role in boosting breast cancer risk is poor, indicates research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Jun 18, 2019
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Addiction
Brief alcohol screening misses mark for people who most need help, study says
As screening for alcohol problems during doctor visits has become more mainstream, a new study published in the journal Addiction finds that the technique does not increase successful referrals to alcohol counseling and treatment.
May 20, 2015
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Health
Going for a checkup? You may be screened for alcohol use
Here's to your health.
Nov 16, 2018
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Health
NIH produces online course for teen alcohol screening
(HealthDay)—A new online training course has been produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), together with Medscape, to assist health care professionals conduct alcohol screening for adolescents, ...
Aug 15, 2013
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Addiction
Midwives and nurse-midwives may underestimate the dangers of prenatal alcohol use
Alcohol use during pregnancy can have harmful consequences on the fetus including restricted growth, facial anomalies, and neurobehavioral problems. No amount of alcohol use during pregnancy has been proven safe. Yet a recent ...
Jul 29, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Noninvasive stool test for colorectal cancer unaffected by variables
A study presented today by Mayo Clinic researchers at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012 in Chicago identified two genes that are optimal targets to be analyzed in a new noninvasive test ...
Apr 3, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New CDC recommendations on hepatitis C screening
Without other risk factors, all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 should have a one-time screening for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) according to new recommendations being published early online today in Annals of Internal ...
Aug 16, 2012
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Addiction
GPs stopped giving alcohol advice to patients when they stopped being paid to do so
When the Department of Health (England) introduced financial incentives to encourage general practitioners (GPs) to talk to patients about their drinking in April 2008, there was a small, gradual increase in screening and ...
Oct 10, 2019
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Surgery
Alcohol disorder screening tests fail in weight-loss surgery patients
People who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, a common type of bariatric surgery, are at increased risk for alcohol-related problems. However, common screening tools that help physicians identify patients at high risk ...
Oct 15, 2018
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Health
Alcohol screening rates dropped substantially during the first COVID-19 surge, finds study
New research from Boston Medical Center found that alcohol screening rates dropped substantially during the first COVID-19 surge. Published in Preventive Medicine Reports, the study highlights that during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Apr 10, 2023
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