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Anxiety disorders in children can be screened through school health care

Written by | 27 Mar 2025

A new study from the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland screened school-age children for anxiety and examined the efficacy of the… read more.

Influencers promoting ‘overwhelmingly’ misleading information about medical tests on social media

Written by | 7 Mar 2025

Influencers are promoting “overwhelmingly” misleading information about medical tests on Instagram and TikTok, according to a global University of Sydney-led study published today in JAMA Network Open.  Researchers analysed… read more.

Lurie Children’s campaign urges parents to follow up right away if newborn screening results are abnormal

Written by | 15 Feb 2025

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago launched a newborn screening awareness campaign, with signage on public transit and billboards across Chicago urging parents to contact… read more.

New AI-powered app brings infant jaundice screening home for Asian parents

Written by | 18 Jan 2025

For the first two to three weeks of their lives, infants have to undergo screening for neonatal jaundice (NNJ). It typically involves frequent clinic visits, which is not… read more.

Study reveals 85% of women prefer choice between self-sampling and traditional cervical screening

Written by | 12 Oct 2024

A new study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London reveals women would welcome the option to choose between self-sampling and traditional screening done by a… read more.

Study demonstrates effective screening and intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings

Written by | 19 Aug 2024

Between 2015 and 2019, excessive alcohol use resulted in over 140,000 deaths and 3.6 million years of potential life lost annually in the United States, making it the fourth… read more.

CT health screening can identify diabetes risk

Written by | 10 Aug 2024

Analysis of CT scans in people who undergo imaging for health screening can identify individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study published today in Radiology,… read more.

Mayo scientists developing at-home swab tests for endometrial, ovarian cancer

Written by | 4 Jun 2024

Early detection improves treatment outcomes for endometrial and ovarian cancers, yet far too often women are diagnosed in advanced stages of these diseases. Unlike many other cancers, there… read more.

Artificial intelligence to be used for the detection of common eye disease

Written by | 25 Apr 2024

Dry Eye Disease (DED) is one of the more common eye diseases, affecting up to 30% of the world’s population. This disease can affect many different types of… read more.

1 in 8 older adults use cannabis products, suggesting need to screen for risks

Written by | 5 Dec 2023

More older Americans use cannabis now than before the pandemic, with 12% saying they’ve consumed a THC-containing substance in the past year and 4% saying they do so… read more.

Simple automated tool prompts physicians to screen patients with diabetes for kidney disease

Written by | 6 Nov 2023

Investigators have implemented an automated health maintenance tool created by the National Kidney Foundation into electronic medical records to prompt primary care physicians to screen for chronic kidney… read more.

Should fathers be screened for postpartum depression? Pilot study

Written by | 16 Oct 2023

Dads can suffer from postpartum depression, and a new pilot study at the University of Illinois Chicago suggests they can and should be screened for the condition. Given… read more.

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