Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Staffordshire screening programme on track to screen over

Staffordshire screening programme on track to screen over 35,000
News-Medical.Net - The county-wide screening programme was one of the first in the country to be launched in March 2006 and background check screening screened over 28,000 diabetes patients across Staffordshire during its first year of operations to March 2007. The Service is now averaging 4,000
Source: www.news-medical.net
Chlamydia screening is not cost-effective
New Scientist - SCREENING for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia seems to make perfect sense. Most carriers of the bacterium show no symptoms at first, so testing is the only way doctors can identify who needs treatment and background check screening so help protect women from the
Source: www.newscientist.com