Daily Archives: November 13, 2018

USPSTF: Screen Adults, Pregnant Women for Unhealthy Alcohol Use

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends primary care-based screening and counseling of adults, but cites insufficient evidence to recommend interventions for adolescents. Medscape Medical News …read more

Mailed HPV Tests Help Identify Women At Risk for Cervical Cancer

Kits to self-test for human papillomavirus (HPV) mailed to underserved women helped to identify virtually all of those with high-risk HPV oncogenic types, in a proof-of-principle study. Medscape Medical News …read more

Heart attacks increasingly common in young women

New research, presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions meeting, finds that heart attacks are no longer an ‘old man’s disease.’ …read more