1.   Because doctors have not traditionally screened patients for the virus, many people do not even know they are infected until their livers show signs of serious damage.

2.   Currently doctors generally do not screen new patients for signs of resistance mutations but treat first.

3.   Doctors around the country have been given the go-ahead to screen sickle cell patients and administer transfusions to high-risk patients on an ongoing basis.

4.   First, Menchaca screened his patients for weight problems.

5.   For now, there is no government-certified way to screen patients for lung cancer.

6.   Khatamee, for one, said he tried to screen his patients to avoid people who would go to such lengths to get the desired boy or girl.

7.   Meldrum said the company had licensed rights to the angiotensinogen patents and developed a test that screens hypertensive patients for the presence of this mutation.

8.   Patients are carefully screened for existing cancers before beginning therapy, but what about preexisting cancer cells that are undetectable by current diagnostics?

9.   Outcomes are best, he said, when experienced surgeons properly screen patients and accept only good candidates.

10.   Primary-care physicians should screen patients for potential drinking problems, added Lewis, noting that as many as one in five patients may have a problem.