There's no mammogram or Pap smear for Alzheimer's disease. Yet an Alzheimer's group is pushing for simple memory screenings in a bid to catch possible warning signs of dementia sooner. ...more

March 7, 2009

There's no mammogram or Pap smear for Alzheimer's disease. Yet an Alzheimer's group is pushing for simple memory screenings in a bid to catch possible warning signs of dementia sooner. ...more

January 10, 2009

By SHELLY HOLMSTROM, MD Tribune correspondent Nearly every day, I see patients who have received an abnormal Pap test result in my gynecology office. These abnormal results can trigger tremendous anxiety, so I spend significant time educating my patients about what the results may mean. ...more

October 11, 2008

A relatively new screening test was about twice as accurate as the traditional Pap smear at spotting cervical cancer, according to the first rigorous study of the test in North America. ...more

October 18, 2007