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In an intention-to-screen analysis, 10-year results from the NordICC trial show that colonoscopy reduces the risk of colorectal cancer by only 18%.

Providers should continue screening sexually active, nonpregnant adolescents and adults for syphilis, according to a United States Preventive Services Task Force report.

A recent court ruling endangers access to no-cost preventive cancer screenings and other preventive services, but the ruling is not final, and individuals can still access these services.

But if these tests are used more widely, oncologists will need to navigate a slew of new challenges.

Women say these terminations for medical reasons dont feel like a choice -- instead they are forced upon them by the condition of the fetus they carry. Six of these women share their stories.

The meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics found that the questionnaire was more predictive for children older than 24 months than for younger children.

A federal judge in Texas issued a decision this week that affects the Affordable Care Act. It says one way that preventive services are selected for no-cost coverage is unconstitutional.

Biden seeks to rally the nation around developing treatments and therapeutics for the pervasive diseases that the CDC ranks as the second-highest killer of people in the US.

Margrethe Vestager, executive VP of the European Commission, said that it is vital to preserve competition between early cancer detection test developers at this critical stage of development.

A new prenatal test can screen for chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses.