Purpose: Screening investigations are group of tests designed to the risks subsequent disease or early detection diseases in apparently healthy individuals. Seeking for screening is influenced by awareness individuals about its importance. The current study aimed at estimating level among attendants primary health care centers.
 Methodology: Through a cross-sectional design, 389 were rando...

"Mrs Smith, we now have all the information obtainable from your medical history and tests and we find that you are 60-3 years old." "But doctor, there must be a mistake," says the thoroughly startled Mrs Smith, "I am only 50 years old." Mrs Smith, having had a check-up at a clinic using a computerised risk factor appraisal system, now learns that because of her bad habits and life-style she st...

Gastrointestinal duplication is a rare congenital disease which affected more commonly the ileum, while the stomach is rarely involved. Generally diagnosed in paediatric or young age, it could be difficult to suspect a gastrointestinal duplication in adults. Herein, we report a 55-year-old male with a gastric duplication cyst found on routinely checkup for chronic hepatitis and first misdiagnos...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A nested case-control study was conducted among women who participated in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California multiphasic health checkup (1984–1996) and had a subsequent pregnancy (1984–2009). Case patients were 256 women who developed GDM. Two control subjects were selected for each case patient and matched for year of blood draw, age at examination, age at pr...