New technologies are helping to reduce the odds of a false-positive mammogram. (Getty Images) While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going ...

Women who received false-positive mammography results were less likely to return for future screenings. Researchers analyzed more than three million screening mammograms from more than one million ...

Q. My doctor prescribed a Cologuard test instead of a colonoscopy. No one mentioned how often Cologuard could result in false positive test results, as mine did. So, a colonoscopy was necessary after ...

Mammograms can detect cancers early and save lives, but a new study on false-positive mammograms worries Dr. Elizabeth Arguelles. “I was very concerned and disheartened,” said Arguelles, the Director ...

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shed light on a concerning issue in mammogram screening behavior, women who receive false-positive results are significantly less likely ...

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC’s electronic surveillance framework for hospitalized children could, if deployed elsewhere, reduce the rate of false-positive diagnoses of serious health ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The rate of non-CRC malignancies at 1 year was 0.8% in the false-positive group and 0.9% in the true-negative ...

A false-positive mammogram may deter women from future screenings, according to a new study. But staying on schedule remains key to early detection of cancer. Early detection of breast cancer through ...