Main Point: A multipart intervention increased adherence rates of annual fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening
Main Point: Use of beta (β)-blockers in patients who have not had a recent heart attack but were undergoing nonemergency
Main Point: Older men who were prescribed statins (the cholesterol-lowering medications associated with muscle pain, fatigue and weakness) engaged in
Main Point: Increased physical activity among women who had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can lower the risk of progression to
Main Points: A substantial number of Medicare beneficiaries receive low-value medical services that provide little or no benefit to patients,
Main Point: The antioxidant resveratrol found in red wine, chocolate and grapes was not associated with longevity or the incidence
Karen Smith-McCune, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, writes: “The updated guidelines leave physicians and other clinicians
Main Point: Age and testing of hip bone mineral density (BDM) when postmenopausal women discontinue bisphosphonate therapy can help predict
Sarah Feldman, M.D., M.P.H., of Harvard Medical School, Boston, writes: “Women in the United States are cared for in private
Main Points: Children and young adults who start antidepressant therapy at high doses, rather than the “modal” [average or typical]
