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A health screening refers to a medical examination, test, or procedure that’s used in a person experiencing no specific symptoms to help determine their risk of developing a health condition.

The American Cancer Society has recently updated cervical screening guidelines for HPV and cervical cancer. Here are the main ...

New approaches to connecting people with family doctors, anticipated changes to cancer screening, misinformation and vaccine ...

A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting ...

Just before her father died of colon cancer, Lynne Milliron, then age 40, made him a solemn promise: She would get herself screened for the disease. Two months later, Milliron had that colonoscopy—and ...

University of California, San Francisco investigators led WISDOM, a randomized comparison of risk-based breast cancer screening and annual mammography. Rates of stage ≥IIB breast cancers met a ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any advertisers on this site. Having a screening test — which looks for signs of a disease before it shows symptoms — sounds like a good idea. And ...

Elena Altemus is 89 and has dementia. She often forgets her children’s names, and sometimes can’t recall whether she lives in Maryland or Italy. Yet Elena, who entered a nursing home in November, was ...

When companies are asked why they do medical screening or medical surveillance the typical answer is, “Because we have to.” Often, this is the correct answer, as OSHA and other regulatory agencies ...

When companies are asked why they do medical screening or medical surveillance the typical answer is, “Because we have to.” Often, this is the correct answer, as OSHA and other regulatory agencies ...