WASHINGTON -- Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a ...

In guidelines that may encourage more women to get screened for cervical cancer, a leading health task force has backed giving women over 30 the option to collect their own vaginal samples for testing ...

(CNN) — Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force has concluded it cannot issue recommendations — neither for nor against — regarding screening older adults for caregiver abuse and neglect, even as new data ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has posted a draft updated statement on cervical cancer screening. The statement is open for public comment until January 13, 2025, on the task force’s ...

All women ages 65 and older and at-risk postmenopausal women under 65 should be screened for osteoporosis to prevent fractures, according to a final recommendation statement from the U.S. Preventive ...

Routine cervical cancer screening typically requires patients to receive Pap smears every three years. On Dec. 10, a national task force put forth a new screening recommendation for women 30 and older ...

National guidelines on prostate cancer screening with the PSA test are set by the US Preventive Services Task Force. Marc B. Garnick, the Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical ...

Associations were seen for lack of health insurance coverage, being a rural resident, and not having a clinician with decreased odds of screening. HealthDay News — Increased lung cancer screening ...