A draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says breast cancer screening should start at age 40 to benefit groups including Black women and women with dense breasts. (Jay L.

PacBio aims to dive deeper into the family planning market with an updated carrier screening kit designed to take multiple DNA tests that check parents for specific genes and combine them into a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Federal Newborn Screening Advisory Committee voted to add Krabbe Leukodystrophy Disease to the recommended newborn screening panel (RUSP), which is a huge victory for Hunter ...

HHS has announced the addition of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and metachromatic leukodystrophy to the Recommended Uniform ...

U.S. doctors should regularly screen all adults under 65 for anxiety, an influential health guidelines group proposed Tuesday. It’s the first time the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has ...

The US HHS has added Duchenne muscular dystrophy and metachromatic leukodystrophy to newborn screening, citing benefits of early detection and access to FDA-approved treatments.

Some researchers said the advice did not go far enough. The panel also declined to recommend extra scans for women with dense breast tissue. By Roni Caryn Rabin Citing rising breast cancer rates in ...

The newborn screening program for early identification of hereditary diseases, one of the most successful public health programs in United States, was introduced more than 60 years ago. As the ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Before you can take your sweet bundle of joy home from the hospital, a nurse has to prick your baby’s heel so droplets of blood can be tested for life-threatening illnesses. The ...

A new look at the science of preventing breast cancer deaths promises to reshape when, and how many, mammograms American women will get — again. An influential panel intends to recommend that U.S.