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The additional health benefits of universal school screening and mandated optometric examinations do not justify the expense entailed, according to researchers.

Study suggests that children with generalized joint hypermobility should be routinely screened for abnormal bleeding symptoms and referred as necessary for hematologic care.

Starting colonoscopy at age 45 seems to be cost-effective for both men and women.

Adenoma detection rates can be measured separately for the right and left colons.

Pregnant women with subclinical hypothyroidism and no thyroid peroxidase antibodies who received levothyroxine had similar gestational diabetes and preeclampsia rates as others with normal thyroid.

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine has published the first guidelines in the United States that cover cannabis use as it relates to surgery.

Despite guidelines against screening for prostate cancer in men aged 70 years and older, new findings show that the practice is still prevalent in the primary care setting.

School-age kids who spend hours a day playing video games may outperform their peers on certain tests of mental agility.

Recent findings that cervical cancer is rising more rapidly in White women than Black women may flag much broader failures in US healthcare, say researchers.

Myocarditis is the most severe complication that can develop during use of immune checkpoint inhibitors, as patients present late and with at least a 50% chance of death.