Prostate cancer screening: how valid is the PSA blood test?▪ Scientists presenting at the Symposium reported that 1,981 biopsies were required to save one life for those patients with a PSA below 3 ng/mL.doi:10.1097/01434893-200805000-00011Tuma...
Cholesterol screening is part of a blood test called a lipoproteinanalysis that measures not only total cholesterol in the body but also different types of cholesterol andtriglycerides(another type of fat in the body). Total cholesterol is made up two types of cholesterol; High-density lipoproteins...
This test is indicated when the clinical history is suggestive of narcolepsy. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale is based on a questionnaire that rates a person's responses to 8 situations on a scale of 0-3 based on whether the situation was likely to be associated with dozing behavior. Although ...
PSA Level After Prostatectomy: What Does Your Number Mean? Medically reviewed by Nazia Q Bandukwala on February 27, 2024 Written by Stephanie Watson A PSA test can screen for prostate cancer or show how well treatment worked. Find out when you'll have this test...
Study: PSA level changes important; Prostate cancer fatality rate seems linked to how rapidly test numbers fluctuateASSOCIATED PRESS
You've learned all of this before in high school. But the College Board still has to make the test difficult to differentiate student skill levels, sothe SAT tests these concepts in strange ways. This trips up students who don't prepare, but it rewards students who understand the test well...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vast differences in approaches to the control and containment of coronavirus across the world and has demonstrated the varied success of such approaches in minimizing the transmission of coronavirus. Whil
Immunization history and immune response to varicella (chickenpox) and rubella (German measles): the status of a woman's immunity to these two infections, which can cause harm to the developing fetus can be determined by a blood test. If a woman is not immune to these infections, vaccinations...
Change your morning routine. When you eat breakfast, don't sit in the same place at the kitchen table. Stay busy. When you get the urge to smoke, do something else instead. Carry other things to put in your mouth, such as gum, hard candy, or a toothpick. ...
How to manage the consequences of a false‐positive PSA testLindsey, HeatherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Oncology Times