population screening

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• Screening (medicine) — Screening, in medicine, is a strategy used in a population to detect a disease in individuals without signs or symptoms of that disease. Unlike what generally happens in medicine, screening tests are performed on persons without any clinical sign …   Wikipedia

• Screening — Screening, in general, is the investigation of a great number of something (for instance, people) looking for those with a particular problem or feature. One example is at an airport, where many bags get x rayed to try to detect any which may… …   Wikipedia

• Screening, kidney disease — Screening (looking) for early kidney disease in people who are not already known to have it. Kidney disease is common and is commonly insidious in onset. The burden of kidney disease in its earlier stages lies not only in the risk of progression… …   Medical dictionary

• screening — /ˈskrinɪŋ/ (say skreening) noun 1. the act or work of someone who screens. 2. → fluoroscopy. 3. (plural) matter separated out with a screen. 4. Mining a method of noodling in which a wire screen, bed frame, perforated drum, or anything else… …  

• screening — 1. To screen (5). 2. Examination of a group of usually asymptomatic individuals to detect those with a high probability of having a given disease, typically by means of an inexpensive diagnostic test. 3. In the mental health professions, initial …   Medical dictionary

• Kidney disease screening — Screening (looking) for early kidney disease in people who are not already known to have it. Kidney disease is common and is commonly insidious in onset. The burden of kidney disease in its earlier stages lies not only in the risk of progression… …   Medical dictionary

• mass screening — screening performed on or made available to an entire population …   Medical dictionary

• Newborn screening — See also: Apgar score Newborn screening Intervention MeSH D015997 Newborn screening is the process by which infants are screened shortly after birth for a list of disorders that are treatable, but di …   Wikipedia

• High-content screening — is an automated cell biology method drawing on optics, chemistry, biology and image analysis to permit rapid, highly parallel biological research and drug discovery. Contents 1 General principles 2 The history of high content screening …   Wikipedia

• Lung cancer screening — refers to strategies used to identify early lung cancers before they cause symptoms, at a point where they are more likely to be curable. Screening refers to the use of medical tests to detect disease in asymptomatic people. Screening studies… …   Wikipedia

• Cervical screening — is a way of preventing cervical cancer from developing, and diagnosing the disease at an early stage. In the USA, cervical screening is usually performed using the Pap test (or smear test ),[1] though the UK screening programmes changed the… …   Wikipedia