Page 13 - Preventive Screening News Today

A new online tool helps clinicians screen for, and treat, patients eating disorders on the basis of recently released APA guidelines.

A pilot project in New York that trains lay people to screen and deliver evidence-based short-term treatments for depression and other common mental health conditions aims to cut long waits for services.

There was no difference in risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes between women with Sjögrens and the control group, but negative outcomes were more frequent with antiphospholipid antibodies.

Race does not predict osteoporosis risk, researchers found, as clinicians noted that many people with osteoporosis go unidentified.

Less than half of the pregnant patients who met the criteria for thyroid screening were screened by their clinician, according to a retrospective cohort study.

A pilot study finds longer delays (more than 4 years) were associated with history of uveitis, ankylosing spondylitis at diagnosis, and being in the most vulnerable socioeconomic group.

A new strategy that would limit screening for prostate cancer to men under 70 who are at risk or symptomatic would reduce the potential harm from overdiagnosis and overtreatment, an international panel recommends.

A propensity-matched analysis found a benefit even after considering lead-time bias, suggesting a real benefit.

Mailing do-it-yourself sampling kits to test for cervical cancer doubled the rate of screening in a population of low-income and under-screened women, researchers say.

Desulfovibrio, a common gut bacteria, may play a role in the development of Parkinsons disease by causing aggregation of the alpha-synuclein protein.