In a study using two different methods of analysis, the preclinical detectable phase for open-angle glaucoma was estimated to be approximately 10 years, suggesting that a reasonable screening interval ...

Recent advances have uncovered therapeutic interventions that might reduce the risk of progression of premalignant diagnoses, such as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) to ...

Last Sunday, the Associated Press reported there were no easy answers on the best heart screening for young athletes, referring to research published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Worldwide debate about how often to screen patients for diabetes-related eye disease is given clarification in this week's issue of THE LANCET. A UK study which involved over 7500 patients provides an ...

The introduction of PSA screening for prostate cancer has resulted in an increased incidence of this disease; however, the optimum screening interval has yet to be determined. Roobol and colleagues ...

Two large prostate screening trials showed apparently conflicting results, providing evidence for both mortality reduction and absence thereof. A modelling study has now assessed the effect of ...

Screening for a condition called haemochromatosis, where iron to builds up in the body, could help prevent organ damage and disease, suggests a study published online today by THE LANCET. People who ...