Intervention Increased Adherence to Fecal Occult Blood Testing for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Main Point: A multipart intervention increased adherence rates of annual fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening
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Beta-Blockers Before Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery Not Associated With Better Outcomes
Main Point: Use of beta (β)-blockers in patients who have not had a recent heart attack but were undergoing nonemergency
Read moreStatins Associated with Modestly Lower Physical Activity in Older Men
Main Point: Older men who were prescribed statins (the cholesterol-lowering medications associated with muscle pain, fatigue and weakness) engaged in
Read moreMore Activity: Less Risk of Gestational Diabetes Progressing to Type 2 Diabetes
Main Point: Increased physical activity among women who had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can lower the risk of progression to
Read moreStudy Measures Low-Value Care in Medicare, May Reflect Broad Overuse
Main Points: A substantial number of Medicare beneficiaries receive low-value medical services that provide little or no benefit to patients,
Read moreResveratrol in Red Wine, Chocolate, Grapes Not Associated With Improved Health
Main Point: The antioxidant resveratrol found in red wine, chocolate and grapes was not associated with longevity or the incidence
Read moreChoosing a Screening Method for Cervical Cancer: Pap Alone or with HPV Test
Karen Smith-McCune, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, writes: “The updated guidelines leave physicians and other clinicians
Read moreStudy Looks at Predicting Fracture Risk After Women Stop Bisphosphonate Therapy
Main Point: Age and testing of hip bone mineral density (BDM) when postmenopausal women discontinue bisphosphonate therapy can help predict
Read moreCan the New Cervical Cancer Screening, Management Guidelines Be Simplified?
Sarah Feldman, M.D., M.P.H., of Harvard Medical School, Boston, writes: “Women in the United States are cared for in private
Read moreHigh Doses of Antidepressants Appear to Increase Risk of Self-Harm in Children, Young Adults
Main Points: Children and young adults who start antidepressant therapy at high doses, rather than the “modal” [average or typical]
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