Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Data were derived from a survey dataset obtained from NHANES, specifically cross-sectional data from the 2013 to 2018 waves. Instrument: The NHANES assessed depression using the PHQ-9, a nine-item depression screening tool.

Illness 130

Illness Mental Health Individual Utilities 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs.

Routine Screenings 52

Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Patients with documented mental illness or substance use disorders (SUDs) continue to encounter a mixed—sometimes starkly divergent—quality of emergency department (ED) care when they present with chest pain, abdominal pain, or other non‑psychiatric complaints, according to a patient‑interview study published in Health Services Research.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Physicals Patient-Centered Patients 52

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. The 80-year-old Ray Flynn lost his central vision entirely, but with the help of the retinal implant, he could make out shapes on the computer screen.

Diabetes 98

Diabetes Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

“The fact that we are seeing the first human case of West Nile virus so early in the season serves as a timely reminder — especially for seniors and those with weakened immune systems — to protect yourself from illnesses caused by mosquito bites,” Dr. Sameer Vohra , director of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said.

Illness 52

Illness Complication Screening Hospital 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Who do you think we should be screening and how should we be screening them for these symptoms? Well, so I guess it depends on what you say screening. That screening influences kind of further treatment, actually, probably more importantly, patient outcomes.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 96

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Love to talk about also in the serious illness population. Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. Is there a screening tool that we can use, or just questions that you ask older adults around driving safety? How did you both get interested in this as a topic?

Families 102

Families IT Family Diagnosis 102