Doctors should begin screening for heart disease and treating people for high cholesterol levels even younger than before, ...

Doctors say there are less invasive screening options for colon cancer, but each comes with tradeoffs.

March is colorectal cancer awareness month. A doctor with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield spoke with WYSO about Ohio cancer ...

The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and apolipoprotein B.

When David Thau, a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., was 34, he periodically experienced pain in his stomach, irregular bowel movements, blood in his stool and vomiting, and he visited doctors ...

FOBT-positive patients who skipped colonoscopy had fourfold higher cancer incidence ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung cancer screening remains strikingly underused, with ...

The survey results reveal strong enthusiasm for blood-based screening options among adults aged 45 and older, the group ...

Prostate cancer screening saves many more lives than earlier studies suggested, research shows. The results from the longest-running European trial show one life saved for every six men diagnosed, a ...

Rishi Sunak has urged men to be checked for prostate cancer as part of a new screening drive. The former prime minister has given his backing to an initiative run by the charity P ...

According to the UN data, the estimated incidence of Down syndrome is between 1 in 1,000 -- 1 in 1,100 live births worldwide.