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Latest recommendations for the 2017-2018 flu season
This season’s vaccine has a new H1N1 component and any vaccine, except the live attenuated virus formulation, is suitable for pregnant women.
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Need an edge with T2DM? The case for team-based care
The Community Preventive Services Task Force is recommending team-based care for patients with type 2 diabetes, citing evidence linking this...
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CDC: 4 conception strategies for HIV-discordant couples
In this month’s audiocast, Dr. Doug Campos-Outcalt summarizes a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that describes 4...
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Measles: Why it’s still a threat
A recent outbreak in Minnesota underscores the need to maintain vigilance and adhere to best practices in immunization and containment of known...
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AHRQ identifies interventions, drugs that best target diabetic neuropathy
Which interventions are linked with fewer amputations? Which ones are best for preventing ulcers? And which 2 drugs have the best evidence to...
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How much can we really do to slow age-related cognitive decline?
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found no high-level evidence that any interventions could delay or prevent clinical...
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USPSTF changes stance on routine pelvic exams
After years of treating the screening pelvic exam as a routine part of well care, the USPSTF says the evidence is insufficient to assess the...
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USPSTF recommendations: A 2017 roundup
Colorectal cancer screening and primary CVD prevention have general and selectively applied updates. This review also covers medical services to...
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Breast cancer screening: New study fans flames of old timing controversy
A recent study from Denmark finds that one-third of breast cancers identified by mammography are over-diagnosed. This brief review of the findings...
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Polio vaccine status unknown? What the CDC recommends
In its latest move toward worldwide eradication of polio, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines how to proceed when the vaccine...
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ACIP vaccine update, 2017
HIV infection is now an indication for meningococcus vaccination and HPV vaccine dosing is simpler for patients <15 years.
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Statins in adults with CVD risk: The latest from the USPSTF
Find out how the most recent recommendations from the USPSTF differ from those of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association...
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CPSTF: A lesser known, but valuable, resource for FPs
The Community Preventive Services Task Force provides evidence-based practice interventions and related practical tools to assist in achieving...
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Pediatric update: 2 vaccine changes and the latest word on media time
Among the vaccine changes, only 2 doses—not 3—are now needed for human papillomavirus protection, according to ACIP, and the American Academy of...
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Opioids for chronic pain: The CDC’s 12 recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued 12 recommendations to help clinicians prescribe an optimal and safe course of treatment...