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ADVERTISEMENT Today: Divisions are emerging between states in vaccination rates, lawmakers pressed a drug company CEO for answers on price hikes, and an expert panel recommends colon cancer screenings start earlier.  We’ll start with vaccinations: State vaccine rates fall along red, blue divide The U.S. vaccine map looks a lot like a map of how states vote in presidential elections, with most blue states vaccinating at levels well above the national average and GOP states bringing up the rea...

© iStock Americans should begin getting screened for colon cancer at age 45, rather than the previously recommended age of 50, according to updated guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The key panel of experts had released a draft of the recommendation in October.  The final recommendation, officially published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), calls for all adults ages 45 to 75 years old to be screened for colorectal cancer. ADVERTISEMENT...

Little Evidence Vitamins Prevent Cancer, Heart Disease May 5, 2021 -- For most vitamin and mineral supplements, there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against taking them to prevent cancer and heart disease, according to new draft recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. While the evidence is still unclear for most vitamin and mineral supplements, there is proof that two products do not reduce the risk of these diseases. The Task Force found no benefit of taking v...

Examples of axial FLAIR sequences from studies within dataset A. From left to right: a patient with a likely normal brain; a patient presenting an intraparenchymal hemorrhage within the right temporal lobe; a patient presenting an acute infarct of the inferior division of the right middle cerebral artery; and a patient with known neurocysticercosis presenting a rounded cystic lesion in the left middle frontal gyrus. Image courtesy of Radiological Society of North America

FINDINGS A UCLA-led study shows that physicians frequently order preventive medical services for adult Medicare beneficiaries that are considered unnecessary and of "low value" by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- at a cost of $478 million per year. The researchers analyzed national survey data over a 10-year period, looking specifically at seven preventive services given a "D" rating by the task force, and discovered that these services were ordered more than 31 million times annually...

6:12 This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a report on sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on how the pandemic may have changed things. Wyoming Public Radios Maggie Mullen spoke with Brittni Frederiksen, a senior policy analyst for the foundation. She said one thing that really shifted — more women are getting certain kinds of care from home. Brittni Frederiksen: We asked if people had had a telehealth visit prior to the pandemic, and very few had. If were looking at t...

 E-Mail DALLAS, April 21, 2021 -- A smartphone-based electrocardiogram (ECG) screening accurately detected previously unknown atrial fibrillation in American Indians, and more than half who were diagnosed with the irregular heart rhythm were younger than the recommended screening age of 65, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. About one-third of ischemic strokes, those triggered by...

Smartphone-based ECG screening detects previously unknown atrial fibrillation in American Indians A smartphone-based electrocardiogram (ECG) screening accurately detected previously unknown atrial fibrillation in American Indians, and more than half who were diagnosed with the irregular heart rhythm were younger than the recommended screening age of 65, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Assoc...

Smartphone-based tool helps detect irregular heartbeat in American Indians American Heart Association News FacebookTwitterEmail A smartphone-based screening tool can accurately detect previously undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm that puts people at high risk for stroke, according to new research that shows it could help uncover the condition in American Indians. The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, reported a smartphone-based ...

The USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with LDCT in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history.