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RSS FeedsYour annual checkup could soon include screening for illicit drug use
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16 august 2019 05:40:07

 
Your annual checkup could soon include screening for illicit drug use
(World News Science)
 


The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which develops guidelines for health screening tests, is recommending that physicians also screen for illicit drug use in patients over the age of 18. (Pixabay/) Somewhere in the flurry of tests and questions at an annual primary care visit, doctors typically ask about a patient´s alcohol and cigarette use-answers to those questions help inform physicians´ health recommendations for their patients. In a draft document released this week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which develops guidelines for health screening tests, is recommending that physicians also screen for illicit drug use in patients over the age of 18. In this...


 
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