Five-year interval is safe for prostate cancer screening, research shows
A simple blood test every five years is sufficient to screen low risk men for prostate cancer, new research has shown.
Apr 5, 2024
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A simple blood test every five years is sufficient to screen low risk men for prostate cancer, new research has shown.
Apr 5, 2024
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Detecting cancer early before it spreads throughout the body can be lifesaving. This is why doctors recommend regular screening for several common cancer types, using a variety of methods. Colonoscopies, for example, screen ...
Nov 1, 2022
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A new study from UCLA Health researchers finds that the typical ways health systems store and track data on children receiving emergency care miss a sizable portion of those who are having self-injurious thoughts or behaviors. ...
Jul 26, 2023
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A new study of restaurant staff reveals low levels of food allergy knowledge and negative attitudes about serving people with food allergies, while exploring key factors that might influence such knowledge and attitudes. ...
Apr 24, 2019
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Researchers at the New England Regional Center of Vector-Borne Diseases at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have come up with a new, more accurate method for detecting in ticks the emerging Powassan virus, which can ...
Mar 26, 2024
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In the largest study of its kind, researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, have identified genes that appear to drive the progression of metabolic dysfunction-associated ...
Apr 5, 2024
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"To treat or not to treat?" is the question continually faced by clinicians. To help with their decision making, some turn to disease risk prediction models. These models forecast which patients are more or less likely to ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Complication rates following invasive diagnostic procedures for lung abnormalities were twice as high in the community setting compared to those reported in lung cancer screening trials, and associated downstream costs ranged ...
Jan 14, 2019
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A newly discovered Zika virus-specific synthetic molecule is capable of differentiating Zika-immune patient samples from samples of patients previously infected with the related dengue virus. The technology may lead to the ...
May 13, 2024
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Calculating a person's risk of developing prostate cancer using results from two blood markers would improve the accuracy of screening for the disease, reports a new study led by a UCL researcher.
Mar 8, 2022
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