The article presents the benefits and limitations associated with community health screening. Proponents of community-based screenings say they can be lifesavers, but critics caution that at least some tests are not specific or sensitive enough to aid the general public. Tests to measure cholesterol,...
The results of the study indicate that periodic health screening of all the elderly is hardly justified in districts with well organized and adequately staffed health services to meet the populations daily needs and demands. Such a screening programme, however, will be beneficial to the elderly who...
Physicians are familiar with the yearly routine of being screened for tuberculosis, reviewing their vaccine status, and getting the influenza vaccination. Should physicians also be screened for mental health conditions such as depression or burnout?
The disease remains a public health concern as recent evidence indicates that the breast cancer burden has increased mainly in developing and low-income countries (DLICs). Despite the demonstrated benefits, the debate about the real benefits and harms of breast cancer screening is ongoing. Many ...
—Because even low levels of lead may affect children's cognition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 in 1991 recommended universal lead screening despite a lack of convincing evidence that children with abnormal levels would benefit from interventions. The studies by Ruff et al2 and ...
s health secretary.Italy is one of the few countries in the world where young people who take part in sports are obliged to be screened for cardiac disorders that may put them at risk of sudden cardiac death.Last year the UK National Screening Committee recommended against use of a ...
In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a strategy to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem. To support the strategy, the WHO published updated cervical screening guidelines in 2021. To inform this update, we used an establis
Screening for Prostate Cancer: Commentary on the Recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination In Reply. —We appreciate the interest of Dr Winter and colleagues in the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. As...
C.The elderly are more sensitive about their health. D.The elderly are in greater danger of tumor growth. 小题2:How do some researchers now look at routine cancer screening for the elderly? A.It adds too much to their medical bills. B.It helps increase their life expectancy. C.Th...
of the American Cancer Society and Drs Donna Ankerst and Ian M Thompson, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.Brawley and colleagues wrote that since prostate cancer affects many men as they age, the goal of screening should not be to find more cances but to red...