Screenings

Depression Screening

Doctors often miss depression symptoms for certain groups, but a routine screening policy could reduce the gap

Low screening rates for lung cancer persist in the U.S.

Lung cancer screening rates

A blood test that screens for multiple cancers at once promises to boost early detection

MCEDs Blood Tests Cancer

Most adults should receive routine anxiety screenings, U.S. task force says

Anxiety Screening Adults

Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds film their colonoscopies to stress importance of colorectal cancer screenings

McElhenney Reynolds Colonoscopy

Screening for diabetes earlier could reduce racial and ethnic disparities in diagnosis, study finds

Racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes screening

Health screenings can be life-saving tools, but many men foolishly avoid them

Prostate Cancer Screening

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer outcomes may not be known for years

Cancer screening delays

The COVID-19 pandemic is still adversely impacting cancer screenings, study finds

CT imaging for cancer

Ovarian cancer symptoms can be vague so listen to your body, doctors say

Ovarian cancer symptoms

IBX Medicare Advantage members can receive free in-home screenings for colon cancer, kidney disease

Independence in-home testing

Jefferson Health's new mobile unit will bring cancer screenings on the road

Jefferson Mobile Cancer Screening Unit

Philadelphia Film Society's programming for August includes Harry Potter

20th anniversary movie series

Free movies in Clark Park include 'Concrete Cowboy,' 'Black Panther'

Movies Nights at Clark Park

Free movie nights to take place at Dilworth Park on Thursdays

Dilworth Park Movie Nights

Men, it's time to make the routine doctor's visit a habit

Physical Exam Benefits

Independent films to be screened in Clark Park this June

Under the Stars in Clark Park

Colorectal cancer screenings should start for adults at age 45, medical task force says

Colorectal cancer screenings

Betsy Ross House continues Movie Nights Under the Stars & Stripes

Betsy Ross House movies

New lung cancer screening guidelines double the number of Americans who should receive annual CT scans

Drive-in theater at the Navy Yard to stay open through end of 2020

Drive-in theater at the Navy Yard

Colorectal cancer screenings should begin earlier, new guidelines state

Colorectal cancer screening

Wells Fargo Center to host Halloween week film series with 'Psycho,' 'Get Out,' and more

Movies on Broad Philly

Breast cancer treatment advancements, early detection are saving lives

Philly breast cancer doctors

Nearly 100 films to be screened during 11-day Philadelphia Film Festival

Philadelphia Film Festival

Don’t put off cancer screenings delayed by COVID-19 – early detection saves lives

Mammogram Breast Cancer

'Hocus Pocus' to be screened outdoors in Old City on five nights this October

Hocus Pocus

South Jersey woman overcomes back-to-back cancer diagnoses while living life to its fullest

Susan Rosati

'A League of Their Own' to be screened at drive-in movie night hosted by PSPCA

'League of Their Own' drive-in movie

Movie night series includes three-course dinner, '80s and '90s favorites

Movie night series at Logan Hotel

Christopher Nolan’s 'Tenet' to be screened at Navy Yard drive-in theater

Tenet movie at drive-in

Rapid screening tests could be key to ending the coronavirus pandemic

COVID Rapid Screening Tests

Cancer diagnoses have plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic – and doctors are worried

Cancer diagnoses COVID-19

Colorectal cancer risk factors increasing among millennials

colorectal cancer risk factors

Decision to delay prostate cancer treatment is still too subjective, researchers say

Prostate cancer treatment calculator

Cardiac CT exams can double as an osteoporosis test, researchers say

CT scan osteoporosis test

Alzheimer's Foundation of America offering free, virtual memory screenings

Nerve damage in Alzheimer's

Cotesting better detects cervical cancer than using HPV or Pap tests alone

Cervical cancer screening methods

New lung cancer screening guidelines would benefit women, Black people

New lung cancer screening guidelines

Michael B. Jordan, Amazon launch 'A Night at the Drive-In' series

Family-Friendly

'Fantastic Fungi' documentary narrated by Brie Larson to be screened in Philly

Fantastic Fungi documentary

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