A blood test that screens for multiple types of cancer? It may be available soon

The FDA could approve the first blood test that can detect multiple cancers, around the end of the year, setting the stage ...

Colorectal cancer screening guidelines expand testing options. Here’s how.

The American Cancer Society released updated guidelines for colorectal cancer screening, adding options for a blood-based ...
Medscape

Medicare to Cover New Osteoporosis Diagnostic Screening Test

Medicare coverage of a new osteoporosis screening tool may help to address the challenge of identifying and treating patients ...
CNN

HPV testing preferred over Pap for cervical cancer screening starting at age 30, task force’s draft recommendation says

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a new ...
Nature

Short-term repeat HPV testing for triaging HPV-positive women in cervical cancer screening

Persistent HPV infection causes cervical cancer, but most infections are transient. Triage methods identify high-risk women needing further evaluation or treatment. We assessed short-term repeat HPV ...
News-Medical.Net

AGA experts highlight benefits and limits of colorectal cancer screening tests

As new colorectal cancer screening guidance draws attention to the growing number of testing options, the American ...
Medscape

Diabetes Screening or Testing: Is Point-of-Care A1c Testing Ready for Prime Time?

Is point-of-care (POC) glycated hemoglobin (A1c) testing the best choice for diabetes screening? The option is an attractive one; POC A1c testing provides the convenience of rapid results in a single ...
CNN

New blood test that screens for Alzheimer’s may be a step closer to reality, study suggests

Testing a person’s blood for a type of protein called phosphorylated tau, or p-tau, could be used to screen for Alzheimer’s disease with “high accuracy,” even before symptoms begin to show, a new ...
STAT

Women are celebrating at-home cervical cancer screening, but might it lead them to get fewer checkups?

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is focused on boys’ and men’s health: She looks into reproductive health, trending treatments, screening approaches, mental health, and everything in between. Pap smears must ...
Forbes

New Federal Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Allow For At-Home Self Testing. Here’s Why That Matters

New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...
Medical Xpress

Testing menstrual blood for HPV could be 'robust alternative' to cervical screening

Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a "robust alternative or replacement" for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a study from China published by The ...
Healthline

Genetic Testing for Hereditary Brain Aneurysms

If at least two of your close family members have had a brain aneurysm, genetic testing may help identify if you’re at risk. A brain aneurysm is a bulge in one of your brain’s blood vessels. The flow ...