Preventive Care
News
Ultrasound screening for dense breasts is high cost, offers little benefit
Key clinical point: Screening ultrasonography after a negative mammogram would significantly increase costs without providing much benefit for...
News
Vitamin D landscape marked by lack of consensus
News
Hookah, snus users more likely to start smoking
Key clinical point: “The increasing use of novel alternative tobacco products introduces new harms to adolescents and young adults.” Major finding...
Conference Coverage
Recommendations mixed on oral contraceptives for female migraineurs
Conference Coverage
Randomized trial assesses behavioral weight loss as migraine treatment
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Medicare considers coverage of cervical cancer screening with HPV testing
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FDA issues final rules requiring calorie tally in restaurants
Guidelines
USPSTF: Not enough evidence for vitamin D screening
Key clinical point: The USPSTF makes no recommendation for or against screening and treating asymptomatic adults for vitamin D deficiency, because...
News
Repeat BMD screening not helpful for women under 65
Key clinical point: Women under age 65 without risk factors whose first BMD screen is normal are not likely to benefit from repeat screening.
Conference Coverage
Stress more dangerous for women with heart disease than for men
Key clinical point: Younger women with stable coronary heart disease suffer greater stress-induced myocardial ischemia than men do. Major finding...