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Popping calcium and vitamin D pills in hopes of strong bones? Healthy older women shouldn't bother with relatively low-dose dietary supplements, say new recommendations from a government advisory group.
After decades of qualms about lung cancer screening, the American Cancer Society says there now is enough evidence to recommend it, but only for current and former heavy smokers ages 55 to 74 and after a frank talk about risks and benefits.
There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks.
All Americans aged 15 to 65 should be screened for HIV at least once, even if they don't appear to be at risk for the disease, an independent advisory panel said in draft recommendations released Monday.
There's a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks.
There's more advice on the contentious issue of prostate cancer screening: A leading group of cancer specialists says the decision hinges in part on a man's life expectancy.
Chances are you know your blood pressure. What about your BMI?
Chances are you know your blood pressure. What about your BMI?
Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good.
Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good.
Forget one-size-fits-all advice: Guidelines out Wednesday give women choices for cervical cancer testing that depend on their age.
A big study of men in Europe gives mixed results about prostate cancer screening that may do little to change minds about its value.
New research could mean millions of older women can skip frequent screening tests for osteoporosis: If an initial bone scan shows no big problems, many can safely wait 15 years to have another one, the study suggests.
In a break with the traditions of modern medicine, researchers and an influential federal advisory panel are concluding that routine testing for some major diseases is doing more harm than good for the patient.
Annual cancer tests are becoming a thing of the past. New guidelines out Wednesday for cervical cancer screening have experts at odds over some things, but they are united in the view that the common practice of getting a Pap test every year is too often and probably doing more harm than good.
