As many as a third of adults who have high blood pressure have not been screened for diabetes, despite the fact that guidelines call for them to be checked regularly, new research suggests.
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As many as a third of adults who have high blood pressure have not been screened for diabetes, despite the fact that guidelines call for them to be checked regularly, new research suggests.
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Telling people of their potential increased risk of colon cancer did not spur them to get the recommended screening.
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The United States Preventive Services Task Force decided not to recommend routine testing for vitamin D levels in part because it was not clear whether otherwise healthy adults with low levels actually benefit from taking supplements of the vitamin.
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Widespread screening for colorectal cancer has helped prevent an estimated half-million cases of the disease since the mid- 1970s, a new study suggests.
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A new highly accurate and noninvasive screening test that relies on fetal DNA fragments found in the mother’s blood is helping reduce the number of women who undergo amniocentesis.
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A new highly accurate and noninvasive screening test that relies on fetal DNA fragments found in the mother’s blood is helping reduce the number of women who undergo amniocentesis.
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A push for early detection and treatment, even in the absence of cognitive symptoms, of the amyloid plaques that indicate a risk for Alzheimer’s and other dementias has some researchers worried.
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