Health screening tests are done to determine the possible presence of a disease or other health problem. Health screenings often are conducted routinely as a preventive measure, or may be done when there is reason to suspect a particular health problem...

Screening, in medicine, is a strategy used to identify disease in an unsuspecting population. Unlike most medicine, in screening, tests are performed on those without any clinical indication of disease. The intention of screening is to identify disease...

ORLANDO -- Depression is not a proven risk factor for coronary artery disease events, but the data available now are compelling enough to warrant screening patients with coronary disease for depression and treating it when it's diagnosed. "Depression is a very complicated...

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The country's leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies who don't babble at 9 months and 1-year-olds who don't point to toys.The advice is meant to...

An older woman's slim chances of getting pregnant could be made worse if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb, doctors said Wednesday.Pregnancy and live birth rates were substantially lower among women whose embryos were screened compared with those whose were...