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To reduce disparities in health outcomes, a panel of primary care providers and patients calls for preventive care measures to be prioritized for people experiencing disadvantages.

A large retrospective study found a high risk for death from liver and biliary cancer in adults with high-risk polyps detected at screening colonoscopy.

Study findings suggest that patients be screened for vitamin D deficiency before starting SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, or they should simply be prescribed vitamin D supplements.

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the United States increased from approximately 500 cases per 10,000 deliveries to 1021 cases per 10,000 deliveries from 1993 to 2016-2017.

Adults aged 18-39 years had a significant prevalence of subclinical kidney dysfunction that linked with a higher CVD event rate in a retrospective analysis of 8.7 million Canadian adults.

Rapid antigen tests were dubbed the heroes of the pandemic." Now, experts said, its time to expand their role for other diseases — and maybe the next pandemic.

With the advent of artificial intelligence, the era of double reading of mammograms is likely coming to a close.

Albert Wright, CEO of WVU Medicine, discusses preventive health initiatives to improve the health of West Virginias population

Patient navigation and multi-component behavioral interventions appear to be the most effective at increasing screening colonoscopy rates, research shows.

Applying a simple model of clinical and demographic features associated with GBA mutation carrier status could help target genetic testing in patients with Parkinsons disease, suggests a new study.