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Screening

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A doctor at a desk gestures while explaining, seen from the patient's side of the desk

Waiting five years instead of three for a follow-up colonoscopy was just as safe, in a 10,799-person trial

Sep 22, 2026

A patient lying with heart monitor leads on the chest while a clinician reads a printed heart tracing

Two weeks of heart monitoring after unexplained fainting did not cut repeat faints, in a 2,234-patient trial

Sep 22, 2026

A clinician in blue gloves attends to a child's arm while a parent sits close beside them at a table

Screening 25,431 children found inherited high cholesterol in about 1 in 163, more than long thought

Sep 22, 2026

An older doctor with a gray beard and glasses, a stethoscope around the neck, looking down at a desk

Silent artery plaque turned up in 57% of 16,808 adults with no heart disease, and in some in their 20s

Sep 22, 2026