Tag: Screening
Adding Cardiovascular Biomarkers to Established Risk Factors Increases Risk Prediction
C-statistic is improved with addition of each single biomarker to a model that includes established risk factors
Clinical Practice Guideline Developed for Age-Related Hearing Loss
Recommendations include ID of sociodemographic factors, patient preferences that influence access to and use of hearing health care
Early Neurodevelopmental Assessments Can ID Cerebral Palsy
Neurodevelopmental assessments at corrected age of 3 to 4 months can reliably predict cerebral palsy and its severity
2020 Cancer Screening Rates Low at Federally Qualified Health Centers
Rates for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening well below the general population in 2020
Osteoporosis Screening Rates Low for Asian American Medicare Beneficiaries
Among Asian American beneficiaries, rates higher for women, those with higher household income
USPSTF Recommends Breast Cancer Screening for Women Aged 40 to 75 Years
Insufficient evidence seen for screening older women and for supplemental screening for women with dense breasts
Home Vision Tests Offer Limited Diagnostic Accuracy for Neovascular AMD
Hospital eye service follow-up clinics maintain better diagnostic accuracy for active lesions
Serum Biomarkers Predict Knee OA Before Radiographic Abnormalities
Six serum peptides reached AUC probability of 77 percent for identifying those who developed OA eight years later
New Prostate Cancer Urine Test Has High Diagnostic Accuracy
Higher AUROC seen for 18-gene MPS2 model compared with current guideline-endorsed biomarkers
Risk Prediction Model Accurate for Chronic Kidney Disease
KDpredict more accurate than kidney failure risk equation for prediction of kidney failure risk