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In an official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

ATS Issues Guideline on the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis

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Recommendations address the uncertainties faced by clinicians in the detection, diagnosis of sarcoidosis
Limited tools are available for identifying

Reviews Assess Tools to Identify, Diagnose, Treat Alzheimer Dementia

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Many cognitive tests can differentiate clinical Alzheimer-type dementia from normal cognition
Multicancer blood testing combined with positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging can detect cancers

Multicancer Blood Test, PET-CT Combo Feasible for Cancer Screen

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One percent of participants underwent PET-CT imaging due to false-positive blood tests
A widely used rapid COVID-19 test can produce false negatives if a certain solution is used to move or store patients' samples

Rapid COVID-19 Test Can Produce False Negatives

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Solutions known as 'viral transport media' should not be used for samples tested with the Abbott ID NOW device
An early analysis of antibody testing from Los Angeles County reveals a COVID-19 infection rate that is up to 55 times the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

LA County COVID-19 Infections Far Exceed Number of Confirmed Cases

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Findings from first round of ongoing antibody blood testing of county residents
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that there is currently insufficient evidence to evaluate the balance of benefits and harms of screening children and adolescents for high blood pressure. These findings form the basis of a draft recommendation statement

USPSTF Notes Evidence Lacking for BP Screening in Children

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None of the studies reviewed directly assessed health benefits or harms of screening, impact of treatment
For people with substance use disorders

Bundled Rapid HIV/Hep C Testing May Improve Infection Awareness

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Bundled HIV, hepatitis C testing ups number of people with substance use disorders aware of infection status
Expanding COVID-19 symptom screening criteria to include myalgias and chills could identify more health care personnel with the illness

Expanding Symptom Screening Criteria Can Up COVID-19 Detection

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Even with addition of myalgia, chills, about 10 percent of health care personnel with COVID-19 would be missed
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved emergency use of the first COVID-19 test that enables patients to take samples at home.

FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Test That Uses Samples Collected at Home

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After self-swabbing to collect their nasal sample, patients mail their sample to a LabCorp lab
About one in four cases of colorectal cancer in patients aged 40 to 49 years meet family history-based criteria for early screening

Family History-Based Early Screen Could ID More Young-Onset CRC

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Almost all who met criteria for early screening could have initiated screening before age of diagnosis