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Fecal hemoglobin concentration in a negative FIT test may help stratify the risk for colorectal cancer in patients aged 75 years or older, suggests a study.

In contrast to other recommendations, the guideline makes suggestions for screening and treating men for fracture risk.

Conflicting guidance about when to start CRC screening puts ambiguities about the optimal screening age front and center and has raised concerns among some doctors.

With the growing prevalence of the animal tranquilizer xylazine, or tranq, more testing and research will be key, according to a new study.

Linking hospital patients to virtual nurses via a computer screen could reduce the administrative tasks of bedside nurses -- and provide a rewarding alternative career path for some overworked nurses.

A new risk prediction model may help clinicians predict whether individual patients might return to opioid use soon after entering treatment for opioid use disorder.

Experts discuss how the change from starting mammography screening at age 40 instead of 50 will come with few benefits and big potential harms.

Clinicians described several strategies for treating osteoporosis while acknowledging that commonly used quality assessments need work.

Children and adults with atopic dermatitis may be at increased risk for inflammatory bowel disease, researchers report.

Women who continue to receive screening mammograms for breast cancer beyond age 70 face a considerable risk for overdiagnosis, which increases with age, new research suggests.