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A new screening test raises the possibility of catching pancreatic cancer earlier, when tumors can be removed, and patients cured.

Low rates of follow-up colonoscopy after an abnormal stool-based screening test may be improved by a simple quality performance measure, researchers said.

Researchers hope screening programs reevaluate nuchal translucency measurement thresholds.

Investigators have created the first images that accurately depict facial distortions experienced by people with PMO, a rare visual disorder that is often mistaken for mental illness.

Years after clinicians started reporting data on care provided to patients with depression, metrics used to score quality are the focus of new scrutiny.

Cognitive assessments administered via a smartphone app proved accurate and reliable in detecting frontotemporal dementia in high-risk individuals.

A Finnish study shows that adding polygenic risk scores to positive family histories and breast cancer-associated gene mutations improves risk stratification for breast cancer screening.

Substantial patient safety gaps regarding latent tuberculosis screening persist among new users of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs, suggested a nationwide cohort study.

Physicians should pay attention to patients with higher risks for not receiving treatment, such as women and patients with normal BMI, said researchers.

A new International Diabetes Federation position statement calls for improved prediction of type 2 diabetes in high-risk individuals using a 1-hour glucose tolerance test.