New federal screening guidance expands cervical cancer testing with at-home option

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

US now supports self-swab HPV test. Get the details.

HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...
Medscape

A New CRC Blood Test Is Here. What Does It Mean for Screening?

In July, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new blood-based test to screen for colorectal cancer (CRC). The FDA's approval of Shield (Guardant Health) marks a notable achievement, as ...
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 ...
Yale Environment 360

Screen saver: Simpler, less costly virus testing in high-risk settings

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.