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A survey of physicians treating patients with breast cancer finds that many use diagnostic mammograms for surveillance rather than screening mammograms, despite lack of evidence for a clinical difference.

New research questions whether long-acting injectable antipsychotics are better than oral medications in preventing treatment discontinuation in early-phase schizophrenia.

Jessica decided to write about her mothers ordeal after Bills player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field during a game in what Pegula described as "some bizarre, messed-up, full circle moment."

A new initiative takes a public-health-based approach to substance use, but some experts say that it will not ensure a safe supply of drugs.

Decision support tools could help physicians and patients discuss the benefits and harms of ongoing surveillance.

The recommendation calls for additional research to improve inequities among those who face higher risks.

Renewed calls for all women to consider having their fallopian tubes removed once they have finished with childbearing come from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance.

A mandatory cognitive screening policy targeting older drivers appeared to lower car crashes in Japan; but experts from other countries caution against ageism in designing such policies.

Pregnancy-associated deaths, including drug-related deaths and homicide, were up 35% in 2020, compared with prepandemic 2019, new research indicates.

Artificial intelligence may be an effective tool to minimize the well-known, time-related degradation in colonoscopy quality.