Personalized risk info helps with screening decision

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People make more educated decisions about screening tests when they’re given a personalized assessment of their own risk, rather than one-size-fits-all information, according to a new review of past studies. Those personalized evaluations take into account factors such as age, race, gender, weight, lifestyle and family history to determine an individual’s chances of developing a certain type of cancer, for example. …