The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of salivary biochemical markers for the screening of periodontal disease and examine the agreement between the results of saliva enzyme tests and those of probing depth. The present study included a total of 187 subjects who underwent annual medical check-ups at the Comprehensive Health Care Center, Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Peri...

Received 30 January 2012 Accepted 21 May 2012 Published Online First 21 July 2012 Introduction The evaluation of poisoned patients presenting to the hospital predominantly relies on clinical assessment based on the history of ingestion/exposure and clinical symptoms/signs. The role of toxicological screening is controversial. In the emergency department (ED), a toxicology screen (TS) can be use...

Preventing these complications is the rationale behind opportunistic screening. General practitioners are recommended to screen all sexually active Australians aged 15–29 years for chlamydia, but to screen only those at highest risk for gonorrhoea.2 However, as reported by Chow and colleagues in this issue of the Journal,3 gonorrhoea screening appears to have become increasingly common among al...

BACKGROUND The frequency of colorectal cancer screening tests in Israel is poor, and is much lower than in the United States. This low rate has been attributed to health system failures as well as to barriers on the part of both physicians and patients. OBJECTIVES To further identify particular health system failures, physician and patient-based barriers, and the effectiveness of public lectu...

conclusions results showed that whereas knowledge by itself cannot guarantee men’s participation in prostate cancer screenings, perceived barriers can play an important role in discouraging men from cancer screening participation. therefore, designing programs to address these barriers is very important. results the most common barriers to screening for prostate cancer were a lack of knowledge ...

BACKGROUND Understanding which attributes of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests drive older adults' test preferences and choices may help improve decision making surrounding CRC screening in older adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS To explore older adults' preferences for CRC-screening test attributes and screening tests, we conducted a survey with a discrete choice experiment (DCE), a direct...