Preventive Care
From the Journals
Grit your teeth for a lesser-known complication of diabetes
Tooth loss is a lesser-known potential complication of type 2 diabetes. A large meta-analysis quantifies the risk.
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Recommendations for improving federal diabetes programs: How primary care clinicians can help with implementation
Recent advances in diabetes treatments have not been translated quickly into practice, and, when they have been, there have been disparities in...
Applied Evidence
Patients asking about APOE gene test results? Here’s what to tell them
This guidance can help shape the conversations you have with patients who want to understand the results of their gene and biomarker testing for...
Conference Coverage
COVID fallout: ‘Alarming’ dip in routine vax for pregnant women
Rates of influenza and Tdap immunization declined at Medicaid clinics in Houston after the pandemic hit.
Commentary
Home BP monitoring is essential
Office BPs are notoriously inaccurate, because it is exceedingly difficult to measure BP properly in a busy office setting.
Practice Alert
USPSTF recommendation roundup
Offer pregnant women behavioral counseling to promote healthy weight gain. Screen for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in adults ages 35 to 70...
Applied Evidence
Hypertension—or not? Looking beyond office BP readings
Follow these strategies and tips for using home and 24-hour ambulatory measurements to more accurately assess a patient’s blood pressure.
Applied Evidence
Managing TIA: Early action and essential risk-reduction steps
Your patient with a focal neurologic deficit is rushed to the ED for diagnostic imaging. Which initial and long-term interventions can best reduce...
Conference Coverage
Flu vaccine linked to lower risk for stroke: INTERSTROKE
One theory is that it’s the stimulation of the immune system rather than the protection of infection against influenza that is the key factor.
Latest News
Many state cancer plans drift from USPSTF breast cancer recommendations
Disagreements over benefits and harms may drive differences.
Latest News
Abortion politics lead to power struggles over family planning grants
A nonprofit sought the Title X administrator role in Montana to circumvent a Republican-sponsored law passed last year that required the state to...