Screenings

A screening mammogram is a low-dose x-ray of the breast, taken when there are no symptoms. Digital breast tomosynthesis, marketed as 3D …

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Cervical cancer screening looks for the virus that causes almost all cervical cancer, or for the cell changes it produces, before either …

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Colorectal cancer screening is unusual: it can prevent the cancer, not just catch it early, because the polyps it finds can be …

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Lung cancer screening is one annual low-dose CT scan of the chest. It takes a few minutes, needs no injection, no fasting …

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Without symptoms or a known hereditary syndrome, there is no screening test to get. A strong family history leads to genetic counseling, …

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If you have no symptoms, no inherited syndrome and no family pattern of pancreatic cancer, neither body advises screening. Surveillance is for …

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Prostate cancer screening is a blood test. PSA, prostate-specific antigen, is a protein made by the prostate; the amount in the blood …

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An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the main artery running down through the abdomen. It causes no symptoms until it …

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Screening for high blood pressure is a cuff on your arm. What makes it a screening test rather than a number is …

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Screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes is a blood test. Three are accepted and both bodies name the same three: A1C, …

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Body mass index is your weight in kilograms divided by your height in meters squared. CDC's adult categories (page dated March 19, …

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Chlamydia and gonorrhea screening is a laboratory test for two bacterial infections that are usually silent in women and often silent in …

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Hepatitis B screening is a blood test for the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Which test you get depends on whose recommendation your …

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Hepatitis C screening is a blood test for antibodies to the virus. A reactive antibody test is followed by a second test …

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HIV screening is a blood or oral-fluid test. The current laboratory standard is a combined antigen and antibody immunoassay that detects HIV-1 …

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Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is TB infection without TB disease. USPSTF (2023), using CDC's definition, says persons with LTBI "have no apparent …

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Syphilis screening is a blood test for antibodies, not for the bacterium itself. USPSTF states it plainly: current screening tests rely on …

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Anxiety screening is a short questionnaire, not a blood test and not a diagnosis. USPSTF (2023) states that brief tools have been …

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If you are thinking about suicide or self-harm, do not wait for a screening. In the United States, call or text 988, …

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Unhealthy alcohol use screening is a short set of questions, not a blood test. The USPSTF (2018) determined that instruments of one …

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Osteoporosis screening is a bone density scan, not a blood test. All three bodies on this page name the same test: dual-energy …

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The adult immunization schedule is one table: which vaccines an adult is recommended to have, at what age, and how often. In …

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Without symptoms or risk factors, both bodies say do not screen. If you smoke and feel fine, they disagree. USPSTF recommends against …

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There is no single glaucoma test, and the two bodies on this page are answering different questions. USPSTF (May 2022) asks whether …

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Hearing screening is a quick check for hearing loss you may not have noticed: a question, a short questionnaire, or a brief …

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Celiac disease screening is a blood test for an antibody, done while you are still eating gluten, and on its own it …

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