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MADISON, Wis., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS) announced data published today in
Cancer Prevention Research, a Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, that expands on foundational clinical study findings to include a key younger population. Study results show that among average-risk adults between the ages of 45 and 49 Cologuard® (mt-sDNA) demonstrated test specificity of 95.2% in participants with non-advanced precancerous lesions or negative findings at colonoscopy and 96.3% in only those with negative colonoscopy findings. These analyses support potential risk mitigation and cost prevention due to unnecessary diagnostic procedures when using Cologuard as a colorectal cancer screening tool in this younger population.
Now that she’s 7, Olivia Edwards gets her blood pressure checked without a whimper.
“She didn’t like it when she was little, but she’s fine now,” said her mother, Sara Edwards of Lake Wales, while Olivia finished her checkup at Kinder Clinic in Winter Haven, part of Nemours Children’s Primary Care.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children be screened for high blood pressure, from age 3 on, during their annual well child visits.
Although consistently elevated blood pressure or hypertension is rare in children Olivia’s age, it can occur. If it does, it’s often linked to obesity, but could signal undetected kidney disease, congenital heart disease or other problems.
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Mammography Protections in Year-end Legislation Help Efforts to Address Breast Cancer Care Disparities
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December 29, 2020 The American College of Radiology (ACR), Society of Breast Imaging (SBI), patient advocates and others secured an extension of the moratorium on harmful 2009 and 2016 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines from Dec. 31, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2022. Without this added protection gained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Omnibus and Coronavirus Relief Bill), under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), mammography coverage for women younger than 50 may have been impacted starting Jan. 1, 2022. The newly passed bill ensures that women ages 40 and older who want annual screening mammograms will retain insurance coverage with no copay.
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