Tag: Screening

One in four primary care clinicians select a stool-based test as their preferred screening option

Agency says that antigen tests 'do detect the omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity'

The Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination detects the conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia sooner than the MMSE

In addition, rates of metastatic disease increased across all races, but particularly among Black men

Studies show secondary attack rate of 1.5 percent in Lake County, Illinois; no tertiary transmission in 20 identified outbreaks in Los Angeles

Predictive models based on comparison of serum metabolomic patterns for patients at time of lung cancer diagnosis and matched controls

Kits were developed and distributed in the early weeks of the pandemic when no other authorized tests were available

Diagnostic yields were higher for disorders likely to have a monogenic cause versus those with a complex cause

Prostate-specific antigen testing rates increased for men aged 40 to 89 years following 2017 revision of USPSTF recommendation on screening

Not clear whether the new, tougher rule will require an antigen or rapid PCR test