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LAKE MARY, Fla., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As students across the country prepare to return to the classroom, school administrators are making sure everything is in order for the new school year. One of the important items on that list is health updates, making sure students submit their physical exam reports, which include a very important test for all students - vision screening. Vision is very important to school administrators, many of whom have become accustomed to...

Survival rate for African-American men now comparable to Caucasians, the Journal of Urology reports The routine use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing for screening and monitoring prostate cancer has led to early and more sensitive detection of the disease. A new study published in The Journal of Urology® reports that in the "PSA era," survival has improved for patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer that has spread to the bones or other parts of the body and the disparity...

A lung cancer risk prediction model developed by scientists at the University of Liverpool has been shown to be a viable tool for selecting high risk individuals for prevention and control programs. The model, developed at the University's Cancer Research Centre and funded by the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, was tested in international datasets and found to be a more effective predictor of individuals at risk than smoking duration or family history alone. The results are published in...

BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX) announced that today it hosted Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT 5) at the Company's women's imaging manufacturing facility in Danbury, CT. The Senator and Representative participated in a discussion with local breast cancer leaders, saw a demonstration of Hologic's newest technology, Dimensions 3D mammography (breast tomosynthesis) and toured the Company's manufacturing plant....

LAKE MARY, Fla., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The staff at the Pediatric Associates of Davidson County in Nashville have become adept at using the latest technology to conduct vision screenings in their office during well visits. The experience was gained over the past four years, using a vision screening device from PediaVision. Now, they have started using Spot, PediaVision's new vision screener, which has taken accuracy and efficiency to an entirely new level. "Our patients...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has agreed to move forward on CT screening for veterans at high risk for lung cancer. This was communicated to Laurie Fenton Ambrose, LCA President & CEO in written correspondence by VA Under Secretary for Health Dr. Robert A. Petzel. "I am so pleased that high level engagement with senior VA officials has borne fruit," said Fenton Ambrose,...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The Oral Cancer Foundation is pleased to have developed partnerships with two highly visible Hollywood stars to raise awareness of a disease of which too few people in the U.S. have ever heard. Academy Award winning actor, Michael Douglas, who has recently completed successful treatment for an advanced oral cancer, and Emmy and Tony Award winning actress, Blythe Danner, who lost her husband to the same disease have partnered with OCF to send a...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The nation’s largest breast cancer charity -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure -- is being criticized by doctors who say the group’s misleading statistics are convincing women to have mammograms and failing to alert them on the risks. In a paper published in the British Medical Journal, Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in Hanover, NH are accusing the charity of...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), representing more than 1,800 urologists, today applauded a newly released study confirming the impact of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing on the early detection of prostate cancer. The study, published online, and soon to be published in a print edition of Cancer, compared the incidence of advanced prostate cancer at initial diagnosis in 2008 to that seen before the...

More candidates, fewer jobs and reduced budgets might be the perfect storm. Now is not the time to skimp on background screening warns SingleSource Services, Donald J. Dymer. Jacksonville Beach, Florida (PRWEB) July 31, 2012 “The June jobs report was bad news for many including the background screening industry, but not for the reasons you might think,” explains Don Dymer, chief executive officer of SingleSource background screening corporation in Jacksonville Beach, Florida and...