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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has concluded that the current evidence is insufficient to weigh the benefits and harms of screening for speech and language delays in children aged younger than 5 years. The final recommendation statement has been published online July 7 in Pediatrics.

USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Speech, Language Screening

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Grade I recommendation finds insufficient evidence for assessing benefits, harms of preschool screening
Scientists report they've detected DNA from head and neck cancer tumors in patients' blood and saliva samples

Blood, Saliva Tests May Help ID Head and Neck Cancers Early

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Study shows potential for noninvasive tumor detection
A cell surface proteoglycan

Glypican-1 Protein May Help Identify Pancreatic Cancer Early

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But more research is needed before test is used for monitoring or screening, researchers say
For women with abnormal cervical cytology

Review: Colposcopy Linked to Adverse Psychological Outcomes

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Adverse outcomes include anxiety; management type and treatment don't impact outcomes
Higher-quality colonoscopies are associated with a 50 to 60 percent lower risk for colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer fatalities over a patient's lifetime

Net Savings for Higher-Quality Colonoscopy

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Those with higher polyp detection rates prevent more cancers, save more lives
A postmenopausal woman who is 50 and has a normal bone density test may not need her next such test for 10 or even 15 years

Fewer BMD Tests May Be Indicated for Some Women

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Fracture risk very low for younger postmenopausal women with no osteoporosis
Scanning maternal plasma cell-free DNA as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing may also enable presymptomatic detection of maternal tumors

Cancers ID’d With Maternal Plasma Cell-Free DNA Sequencing

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Sequencing as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing enables presymptomatic ID of tumors
Real-time ultrawide field retinal image evaluation by nonphysician imagers can accurately detect diabetic retinopathy and help reduce center image grading burden

UWF Retinal Imaging Process Could Reduce Practice Burden

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Real-time ultrawide field retinal imaging has high sensitivity, specificity for detecting referable DR
The Affordable Care Act may have helped boost rates of colorectal cancer screening among lower income Americans

Rise in CRC Screening Rates After ACA Implementation

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Increase in colonoscopy, other tests typically seen among poorer, less educated Americans
Nearly one-fifth of teens and younger adults in the United States have been tested recently for HIV

CDC: 1 in 5 U.S. Teens, Younger Adults Tested Recently for HIV

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Testing rates of those ages 15 to 44: 22 percent for females and 16 percent for males