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The potential harms of ovarian cancer screening outweigh the benefits

USPSTF: Ovarian Cancer Screen to Be Avoided for Most Women

Test isn't accurate enough to justify its use, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says
Changes to cervical cancer screening guidelines in Canada in 2012 correlated with reductions in chlamydia testing and decreases in reported incidence of chlamydia in females

Change to Cervical Screening Guidelines Impacted Chlamydia

Reduction in chlamydia testing, drop in reported incidence of chlamydia after changes in screening
A new

Blood Test for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer Feasible

Test screens for two biomarkers: thrombospondin-2 and CA19-9.
Patients with insurance that covers computed tomographic colonography are nearly 50 percent more likely to get screened for colorectal cancer

Screening Up When Insurance Covers CT Colonography

Patients whose insurance covered CT colonography were 48 percent more likely to be screened
Implementation of an intervention

Intervention Ups Appropriate Dysglycemia Screening

Screening doubled after intervention, which included EHR-based decision support, training
Few young men who have sex with men receive HIV testing

HIV Testing Inadequate in Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

Only 28 percent of young MSM have HIV testing, though they account for 83 percent of new diagnoses
Medicaid cuts could lead to an increase in the number of women diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer

More Breast Cancers Diagnosed at Late Stage With Medicaid Cuts

40.2 percent diagnosed late-stage after Medicaid cuts versus 35.4 percent before cuts
For patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy

Family History Questionnaire Ups Genetic Counseling for CRC

Findings in patients who received family history questionnaire before outpatient colonoscopy
Testing placental and fetal tissue after a child is born can confirm or rule out Zika infection

CDC: Zika Can Be Found in Placental, Fetal Tissue at Birth

Of 546 live births with possible maternal Zika virus, 11 percent proved positive
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for obesity in children and adolescents aged 6 years and older. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the June 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF Concludes Screening for Obesity Beneficial for Children

B recommendation supports screening for children and adolescents aged 6 and older