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Get Screened: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
Many diseases can be prevented or cured if they are found early. That’s why it’s so important to get screened.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
FAQs about WISEWOMAN – Well–Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation
WISEWOMAN consists of 15 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded WISEWOMAN programs in states and tribal organizations. Through these 15 programs, WISEWOMAN provides screening and lifestyle ... Details >
Frequently Asked Questions About HIV and HIV Testing 
Also available in: Spanish
If you think you may have been infected with HIV and are unsure about getting a test to find out, the following information about HIV testing and counseling may help you decide. If you decide that an ... Details >
Centers for Disease Control, National Prevention Information Network
A Parent’s Guide to Newborn Screening
This handout supplies information on newborn screening and is written specifically for new and expectant parents. The handout is intended to be given to expectant parents during the third-trimester of... Details >
Adult Vision Screening
Half of all blindness can be prevented. A vision screening does not replace an eye doctor's exam, but it can help identify people who are at risk for eye disease.... Details >
American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer
For people aged 20 or older having periodic health exams, a cancer-related checkup should include health counseling, and depending on a person's age and gender, might include exams for cancers of the ... Details >
Benefits of Comprehensive Newborn Screening
Early detection of disorders and conditions detectable through comprehensive newborn screening (CNBS) is vital. Although the newborn screening test detects disorders that cannot be cured, early invent... Details >
Breast Cancer (PDQ®): Screening (Patient)
This page offers expert-reviewed information summary about tests used to detect or screen for breast cancer. ... Details >
Cervical Cancer (PDQ®): Screening (Patient)
This page offers expert-reviewed information summary about tests used to detect or screen for cervical cancer.... Details >
Cervical Cancer Screening: What Vietnamese Women Should Know
Also available in: Vietnamese
Vietnamese-American women get cervical cancer more often than most other women. There is a simple, 5-minute test called the Pap test (or Pap smear) which looks for abnormal changes in the cells of the... Details >