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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in asymptomatic adults. These findings form the basis of a recommendation statement published online April 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF Recommends Against COPD Screening in Adults

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Grade D recommendation indicates no benefit for people without respiratory symptoms

For patients with suspected coronary artery disease

ACC: Prognostic Value of Cardiac Noninvasive Tests Vary by Sex

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Women seem to derive more prognostic value from computed tomographic angiography

Participants with a negative low-dose computed tomography prevalence screen (T0) have lower incidence of lung cancer and lung cancer-specific mortality than all participants with a T0 screen

Low Lung Cancer Incidence With Negative CT Prevalence Screen

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Incidence of lung CA, lung CA-related mortality lower than for all participants with prevalence screen

Highly conservative use of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test and biopsy referral is necessary for PSA screening to be cost-effective

Only Conservative Strategy Makes PSA Cost-Effective

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This includes less frequent screening and more restrictive biopsy referral criteria

Poverty can significantly harm a child's health and should be an issue identified at well-child visits

AAP: Add Poverty to Well-Visit Checklist

HealthDay.com - Mar 9, 2016 0

One simple question might help families avert serious health risks, American Academy of Pediatrics says

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for latent tuberculosis infection in adults at increased risk. These findings form the basis of a draft recommendation statement

USPSTF Urges Screening for Adults at High Risk of Latent TB

HealthDay.com - Mar 8, 2016 0

Grade B recommendation issued in draft recommendation statement on latent TB infection

Recommendations on screening for genetic disorders and fetal aneuploidy have been updated

ACOG Issues Recommendations on Prenatal Screening

HealthDay.com - Mar 4, 2016 0

Bulletins relate to prenatal diagnostic testing for genetic disorders, screening for fetal aneuploidy

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has concluded that the evidence is currently inadequate to weigh the benefits and harms of primary care screening for impaired visual acuity in older adults. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement

USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Visual Acuity Screening in Seniors

HealthDay.com - Mar 1, 2016 0

Grade I recommendation for asymptomatic adults aged 65 years or older without vision problems

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the evidence is currently insufficient to weigh the balance of benefits and harms of screening for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in young children for whom no concerns of ASD have been raised. These findings form the basis of a recommendation statement published in the Feb. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Routine Use of ASD Screening

HealthDay.com - Feb 16, 2016 0

Insufficient evidence to assess benefits, harms of screening for children in whom no concerns raised

HIV screening using an antigen/antibody combination assay can detect 82 percent of the acute HIV infections detectable by pooled RNA testing

HIV Antigen/Antibody Combo Assay Can Detect Acute Infection

HealthDay.com - Feb 16, 2016 0

Ag/Ab combo testing can detect 82 percent of acute HIV infections detectable by pooled RNA testing

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