Understanding colon cancer screening tests
There are four established options and two new ones — DNA markers and virtual colonoscopies. Here are the pluses and minuses of each.
Preventive Medicine
Filing error aids spread of cancer
A woman’s mammogram results were mistakenly labeled “normal,” leading to a fatal delay in diagnosis.
Disinfecting fungus-contaminated shoes
Is spraying with diluted bleach solution or placing the shoes in moth balls effective?
Both sides of the fever coin
Is there any validity to statements by patients that their basal temperature is always low and…
Mediterranean diet and low-carb diet more effective than low-fat diet
Mean weight loss at two years was 9.7 lb with the Mediterranean diet vs. 10.3 lb with the low-carbohydrate diet vs. 6.4 lb with the low-fat diet.
When to start low HDL treatment
What is the current recommendation for treating isolated low HDL levels? My patient is a 37-year-old white nonsmoker, whose original total cholesterol was…
Sunblock and vitamin D production
Does sunblock inhibit the skin’s production of vitamin D from sunlight?
Prostate screening in elderly men
A new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advises against prostate cancer screening for men…
Fall prevention’s place in primary care
Primary-care clinicians can help reduce fall-related injuries among their elderly patients by making
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