Ontario is falling short of Canada’s goal to reduce deaths of hepatitis B, a preventable infection, by 2030, a new study has found. The hepatitis B virus affects the liver and is one of the most common causes of liver cancer worldwide, Ontario’s Ministry of Health says. It is spread through the […]
Screening
Screening is not always healthy: an ethical analysis of health screening packages in Singapore | BMC Medical Ethics
This study explored how HSPs targeted at individuals were conducted and promoted, how clinically appropriate HSP tests were, and the price range of packages. Most HSP providers, particularly private providers and social enterprises, included tests that were inappropriate for population screening. Apart from diabetes and cholesterol screening, there were otherwise […]
Selangor Saring: Health Screening, Diagnosis, Lifetime Health Records On SELangkah
KLANG, June 6 – With non-communicable diseases (NCDs) heightening the risk of severe Covid-19 and mortality, the Selangor state government is shifting its public health focus to disease prevention through its state-wide screening programme, Selangor Saring. Selangor Saring aims to detect NCDs – mainly hypertension, diabetes, liver disease, and cancer […]
Quebec to make HPV testing first step for cervical cancer screening
Quebec will replace pap tests with HPV tests as its main tool to screen for cervical cancer, the Health Ministry has announced. The HPV test, which detects high-risk types of human papillomavirus, will be offered to women between the ages of 25 and 65, every five years. The announcement comes a […]
ASCO 2022: Screening of patients’ genomes for GPs to assess disease risk is ‘feasible’
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Screening people’s genomes as part of routine primary care can spot genetic changes that may have important implications for health, a new study reports. The 90S study is the first to demonstrate that whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is feasible in a primary care setting and suggests it could have a role […]
This New Screening Technology Can Help M’sians Find the Most Effective Fertility Treatment & Diagnose Genetic Diseases!
TMC Fertility and Women’s Specialist Centre has taken healthcare screening to a whole new level with the announcement today of their new ground-breaking screening technology – Fertility GeneCode and My GeneCode. “Fertility GeneCode” is a comprehensive screening procedure that is particularly beneficial for couples considering IVF procedures and who want […]
EC Healthcare Acquires Health Screening Services Chain, Further Expand Customer Base and Consolidate the Health Screening Market, Business News
HONG KONG, May 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – EC Healthcare (the “Company”, which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the “Group”, SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group acquires 75% of the issued share capital […]
Selangor Says Its Health Screening Programme Wider Than Peka B40
SHAH ALAM, May 19 – Selangor’s health screening programme Selangor Saring covers a wider group of people – not just low-income earners – than the federal government’s Peka B40 health screening scheme. Selangor state executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said the state screening programme, which begins […]
EC Healthcare Acquires Health Screening Services Chain, Further Expand Customer Base and Consolidate the Health Screening Market
HONG KONG, May 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – – EC Healthcare (the “Company”, which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the “Group”, SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group acquires 75% of the issued share […]
Lack of screening for mothers who develop diabetes during pregnancy
Less than one in four women with a history of gestational diabetes are screened annually for type 2 diabetes, a study by Leicester researchers has found. Gestational diabetes (GDM) is where high blood glucose levels develop during pregnancy and if not managed well can lead to complications including induced labour, […]
The feasibility of implementing risk stratification into a national breast cancer screening programme: a focus group study investigating the perspectives of healthcare personnel responsible for delivery | BMC Women’s Health
Three major themes relating to implementing risk stratification into the NHS-BSP are presented. Quotations are provided to illustrate each theme and sub-theme, and are identified by their professional role. Theme 1: service constraints Participants described how they currently experience system constraints including; a lack of resources, workforce, and time to […]
Dome ASA Savings and Loans organises free health screening for customers
The Dome Branch of ASA Savings and Loans Limited has held free health screening exercises for its customers at Dome in the Greater Accra Region. Participants for the health screening were mainly women and their children who trooped in the premises of the ASA Savings and Loans Dome Office. The […]