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HPV can be detected in menstrual pads, and offers hope of a cheap, non-invasive method for cervical screening. So why has no-one in North America heard about it?

The new test may be useful for screening in doctors offices but not yet for concerts, ball games, or other large gatherings.

A validated genetic score can adjust PSA values to reduce overdiagnosis of prostate cancer and help distinguish clinically significant disease from indolent cancer.

The Canby, Oregon, resident had volunteered to take a blood test that is being billed as a new frontier in cancer screening for healthy people.

An academic health systems effort to screen all adults for depression meant fewer people in undertreated groups fell through the cracks.

Imaging-based algorithms to predict autism spectrum disorder diagnosis look promising.

An occult voice biomarker predicted CV-event risk in an angiography-referral cohort, with implications for screening, noninvasive risk stratification, and telemedicine, researchers say.

Higher detection rates were associated with a significantly decreased risk for postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer.

About half of women receive at least one false-positive result over a 10-year period of annual screening, but the rate drops substantially with biennial screening.

Two FITs spaced 2 years apart could change the approach to colorectal cancer screening if it shows a mortality benefit, according to a preliminary report.