(HealthDay)—Depression and suicide concerns increased among adolescents during the pandemic, especially among females, according to a study recently published online in Pediatrics.
Jul 29, 2021
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The media covers health extensively, at no time more than during the pandemic. But that coverage often is not sufficiently nuanced.
Jul 27, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Effective screening, diagnosis, and management strategies are needed for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), according to a special report published ...
Jul 26, 2021
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A collaborative research study, involving researchers from King's, Cardiff University and University of Surrey, investigates the opinions people have of cancer screenings as we navigate society during a pandemic.
Jul 21, 2021
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Since the mid-1940s, cervical screening in the form of Pap smears began to promise women the chance to detect cancer when in the early stages and prevent it. In the following decades, the focus shifted to the detection of ...
Jul 21, 2021
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(HealthDay)—A multitarget fecal immunochemical test (mtFIT) shows better diagnostic accuracy for detecting advanced neoplasia than standard FIT tests, according to a study published online July 20 in the Annals of Internal ...
Jul 20, 2021
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There's a good reason why hepatitis C is known as a "silent killer."
Jul 20, 2021
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An observational study in Barcelona, Spain found that implementation of same-day rapid screening, use of face masks, and improved ventilation was associated with very low rates of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at an indoor mass-gathering ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Evidence shows that early detection and treatment of cancer can significantly improve health outcomes. However, women in Mississippi, particularly in underserved populations, experience the worst health outcomes for cervical, ...
Jul 19, 2021
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New research led by the University of Cambridge suggests that autism can be detected at 18-30 months using the Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (Q-CHAT), but it is not possible to identify every child at a young ...
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Screening, in general, is the investigation of a great number of something (for instance, people) looking for those with a particular problem or feature. One example is at an airport, where many bags get x-rayed to try to detect any which may contain weapons or explosives. People are also screened going through a metal detector. Even though the procedure aims at a large number of screens, it is always equivalent to sampling in statistics, because the complete population is almost always inaccessible for screening.
Screening has other, more specific meanings:
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