Annals of Family Medicine
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The USPSTF recommends 1-time screening for AAA with ultrasonography in men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. (B Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective chart search of the electronic medical records of a specific sub-group of patients at UNMC. Conclusion: There is a need for more screening for AAA in primary care.
GeriPal
JULY 19, 2024
Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Should it?
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Medical Xpress
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Health care facilities should no longer routinely screen symptom-free patients for COVID-19 upon admission or before procedures and rely instead on enhanced layers of infection prevention interventions, according to a recommendation from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. (..)
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Through food pharmacies, food insecurity screenings and innovative community partnerships, health care providers are ensuring patients get the nourishment they need to thrive. M Health Fairview’s Fair Table program ensures convenient access to food during medical appointments.
Physician's Weekly
JUNE 16, 2025
“In addition, despite practice guidelines recommending post-anthracycline echocardiograms in adults receiving more than 250 mg/m2 of doxorubicin, only a minority of providers report obtaining routine screening echocardiograms after completion of anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimen with a cumulative dose of 300 mg/m2,” they added.
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
In October, a panel of health experts recommended that all children ages 8 to 18 receive routine screening for anxiety during visits to primary care doctors. High school graduation rates dipped in almost half of the country's states in 2021.
Medical Xpress
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Depression is a costly and debilitating condition that profoundly influences a person's quality of life. In 2020, more than 21 million adults in the U.S. reported having at least one major depressive episode in the previous year. Depression symptoms increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now affect nearly 1 in 3 American adults.
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