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  1. Screening or health screening is the 
  2. systematic search for evidence of a disease, 
  3. or of conditions that may precede it, in 
  4. people who are at risk but not suffering from 
  5. any symptoms. The aim of screening is to try 
  6. to limit ill health from preventable diseases 
  7. that might otherwise go undetected in the 
  8. early stages. 
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  10. Subject by: Shaun Jay
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