In a study using two different methods of analysis, the preclinical detectable phase for open-angle glaucoma was estimated to be approximately 10 years, suggesting that a reasonable screening interval ...

Computer-Assisted Flagging of Individuals at High Risk of Colorectal Cancer in a Large Health Maintenance Organization Using the ColonFlag Test Recent advances have uncovered therapeutic interventions ...

Scientific data that prove that prostate cancer deaths are prevented by PSA screening, and justify the expense, overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer, are lacking. In PSA screening ...

Last Sunday, the Associated Press reported there were no easy answers on the best heart screening for young athletes, referring to research published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.

What Are the Directions for Future Research? There are insufficient data to address several aspects related to screening mammography. Although the focus of this conference was specifically on women ...

Worldwide debate about how often to screen patients for diabetes-related eye disease is given clarification in this week's issue of THE LANCET. A UK study which involved over 7500 patients provides an ...

There are considerable discrepancies in primary prevention guidelines for adult cardiovascular risk assessment, according to a review published online September 13 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.