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Screening using body mass index alone may miss every second preschooler with excess stomach fat

September 25, 2018 alone, body, every, excess, fat?, index, mass, may, Miss, preschooler, screening, second, stomach, Using, with

When assessing whether preschoolers are overweight, health professionals should use other measures such as waist-to-height ratio in addition to the

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Gender and race may shape how minority women address barriers to breast cancer screening

September 24, 2018 Address, and, barriers, breast, cancer, Gender, How, may, minority, race, screening, shape, to, women

Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely

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Psych Screening Beneficial in Pediatric Abdominal Pain

August 18, 2018 Abdominal, Beneficial, in, pain, pediatric, Psych, screening

FRIDAY, Aug. 17, 2018 — Systematic screening for anxiety, disability, and pain can increase psychological referral rates among pediatric patients

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Screening women veterans with fibromyalgia for childhood abuse may improve treatment

August 8, 2018 Abuse, Childhood, Fibromyalgia, for, improve, may, screening, treatment, veterans, with, women

A new study has shown that women Veterans being treated for fibromyalgia exhibit high rates of childhood abuse. Fibromyalgia is

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HIV, Syphilis Screening Low With ED-Diagnosed PID in Adolescents

August 8, 2018 Adolescents, ED-Diagnosed, HIV, in, low, PID, screening, Syphilis, with

TUESDAY, Aug. 7, 2018 — HIV and syphilis screening rates are low among adolescents who are diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory

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USPSTF favors osteoporosis screening to prevent fracture

June 28, 2018 favors, fracture, osteoporosis, prevent, screening, to, USPSTF

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for osteoporosis to prevent fractures for women aged ≥65 years and

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