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40 year study out of England finds no mortality benefit from mammograms screening.

Ovarian Cancer screening provides no benefit

Study that followed breast screening for 25 years with mammograms finds that no decrease in mortality from regular mammograms.

Validation of salivary testosterone as a screening test for male hypogonadism.

TSH "screening" needs to be between 0.3 and 3 according to American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

salivary IgA antigliadin antibodies shown to be highly effective as screening tool for celiac disease

new study sheds serious doubt on the benefit of breast MRI for breast cancer screening.  NO correlation to improved survival can be drawn.  Conclusion: "...to date do not show clear benefit for MRI."  

Startling study on the knowledge of Testosterone and cardiovascular disease in general practitioners and cardiologists in Canada.  Eight-eight percent did not screen patients with cardiovascular disease for low Testosterone.  A whopping 67% of physicians did not know that low T was a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, yet 62% believed Testosterone would increase exercise tolerance. The lack of knowledge displayed by physicians today is staggering and is an indictment of the governing bodies.  This was a survey conducted in Canada so there are obvious limitations to the strength/conclusion of this study.

Article looks at proposed 25 biomarkers to screen for Head and Neck squamous cancer.  Most of these could be used for all cancers as they are inflammatory cytokines.

Salivary cortisol for screening of Cushing's syndrome in children.

saliva testing of cortisol preferred for screening for Cushing's syndrome

salivary antigliadin antibodies shown to be highly effective in screening for celiac disease

"cortisol measurement is therefore a primary method of choice in the screening of patients suspected of having Cushing's syndrome".  This study compared plasma, salivary, and urinary tests.  salivary testing of cortisol is settled. Safe, reliable, and preferred method of evaluation.

interesting screening of 5707 articles on flu vaccine finds that evidence for flu vaccine in those > 65 is "lacking".

23% increase in autism in white children. That is now 1 in 88.  The news is worse for black children (91% increase) and even worse for hispanics (110% increase).  And no, this is not due to an increase in screening as some would propose.

salivary testosterone shown to effective in screening for androgen deficiency in men with ESRD.

salivary cortisol is shown to be reliable for both Addison's and Cushing's Syndrome

salivary cortisol testing said to be "screening test of choice".  Salivary cortisol testing validated.

TSH is not a reliable reproducible reflection of tissue T3 levels. In fact, in many ways TSH is merely just a screening tool. Research has shown that inflammation decreases TSH levels.

This article reveals how data is massaged to promote a viewpoint. In this case mammograms.  Don't let your passions get the best of you, objectively review the data.  Scientists are not doing that these days. Mammograms do help and are needed in the screening, however, mammograms do cause harm and help to promote the same disease it seeks to detect early.  This is in some cases. Also, remember, mammograms are early detection, not prevention.