screenings

MRI screenings may be better to identify breast cancer

Scientists of UK had said in the journal The Lancet that for identifying the risk of breast cancer in women// who have a history of breast cancer in their families, MRI scanning does score more than mammography. Researchers feel that women who have a family history of breast cancer are predisposed to the disease genetically. These women will benefit from being screened for breast cance...

Oral cancer screenings to reduce the mortality rates

Visual screening of the mouth by trained health workers can help in early// detection of oral cancer and help in reducing the oral cancer mortality rate. A research done by scientists from Kerala, India, have found out that it is possible to visually screen people for oral cancer in order to provide early medical intervention to save lives of thousands of oral cancer patients....

Diabetic Amputation May Reduce If Free Screenings Are There

USA is all set to start a free screening program to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD) on time to prevent loss of legs from diabetes amputations. Called Legs For Life? this program can help detect the onset of the condition early and can help to reduce the chances of having an amputation by half. // People with diabetes are especially susceptible to PAD because diabetes affects...

Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings for Rural Indian Reservations

Native American women who live in North Dakota and South Dakota are coming to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center for their mammograms without// ever leaving the reservation. U-M radiologists sought to improve delivery of traditional mobile mammography, in which a large truck equipped with mammography machines travels to various sites. Using digital mammography inste...

Too Few Americans Getting Preventive Health Screenings

The overall quality of the U.S. health care system is improving, but providers are missing important chances to help Americans avoid disease or serious complications, according to annual reports //issued today by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The 2006 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report both found that the use of proven preve...

Reactions to 'false-positive' Prostate Cancer Screenings Assessed

Men who get a "false-positive" prostate cancer result -- an abnormal screening test followed by a biopsy indicating no evidence// of cancer -- appear more likely to worry about their subsequent risk of cancer and report more problems with sexual function compared to men with normal screening results, according to a University of Iowa study. The study findings, based on telephone surve...

Clinicians Ordering Inappropriate Prostate Screenings

According to a report in the July 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals , Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to screen for prostate cancer are frequently performed among patients for whom the PSA test is not shown to be beneficial, and clinicians with certain characteristics are more likely to order such inappropriate screening tests. Most guide...