Currently, recommendations for cancer screening are primarily based on the age of the patient. Therefore, practitioners may ...

While most guidelines require 6 months of behavioral interventions before prescribing weight-loss drugs, new research shows ...

U.S. breast cancer deaths are no longer decreasing in women younger than 40, older than 74, or of Asian, Hispanic, or Native American descent. Experts share what they think is behind these and other ...

Americans eligible for lung cancer screening are about four times less likely to undergo screening for the disease than for ...

Increased lung cancer screening uptake was seen after the 2021 update to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...

Ounce of Prevention is a weekly column which presents recommendations for preventative services derived from The United ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether insurance companies must continue covering the full cost of preventive health services under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) next month when it hears oral ...

Years later I learned the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued definitive guidelines in 2012 not to screen ...

Ounce of Prevention is a weekly column which presents recommendations for preventative services derived from The United ...

Since 2021, when lung cancer screening guidelines began to include younger people and those with a lower smoking history, the number of screenings climbed, but significant gaps remain, especially ...