Medical Procedures or Tests

Most people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - in a break with other medical and cancer...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Most people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — in a break...

I hope all those eager to see the United States convert to a national health care system read "Computers can help spot cancer on mammograms" (Oct. 2). As the article notes, the British national health system pays for one mammogram every three years...

Medical private practice in Los Angeles has some unique features. We Angelenos fear the occasional earthquake, drought and fire, along with the more frequent wrinkles, subcutaneous fat and less than perfect health. Since we can’t do much about the earth’s...

This story was first published in the Tribune on Jan. 1, 1995. In March 1987, President Ronald Reagan and French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac appeared in the East Room of the White House to announce that their governments had settled the question of...

They arrived early. As they walked across the waiting room, a voice stopped them from behind a closing door. "I'm not ready for you." As the words, clinical and cold, floated in the silence, the young woman sat down next to her mother. And she knew, as...

Doctors usually recommend that women over the age of 40 get yearly mammograms. But if you're planning on calling Northwestern Memorial Hospital's state-of-the-art breast imaging center, grab next year's calendar: The next opening is in May. The seven-...

A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found. Like spell-checkers looking for mistakes, the computers flag...

NEW YORK (AP) _ A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found. Like spell-checkers looking for mistakes, the...

A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found. The computers flag suspicious areas on X-rays for a closer look...

ATLANTA (AP) _ A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect. Medicare is already considering paying for this cheaper, less...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Does a test that promises to find ovarian cancer sooner really do so? Could other tests nearing the market prolong survival by getting patients the right care faster? A race is on for blood tests to better detect this intractable killer,...