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Predicting Violence and Antisocial Behavior
How accurate are the most commonly used risk assessment tools in predicting violent and criminal behavior?
Alcohol Consumption and Lower Extremity Arterial Disease Among Older Adults
Few studies of the relation of alcohol intake to lower-extremity arterial disease include clinical events and objective measurements repeated longitudinally. What are the results of this approach?
Cancer Risk in People Exposed to CT Scans in Childhood
The rise in use of CT scans since the 1980s has raised concerns about increased cancer incidence, particularly after exposure in childhood. This large-scale population study assessed the risk.
ESC Guidelines on Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, and CVD
See for yourself how the trickle-down effect from the increasing prevalence of diabetes is being addressed with potentially powerful clinical guidelines.
Practice Patterns and Perceived Barriers to Dementia Care
This AAFP survey questioned members regarding their practice patterns related to screening, diagnosing, referring, and caring for patients with dementia. What are the perceived challenges?
Mental Health Services in Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Are patient-centered medical homes missing an opportunity to address patient's mental and behavioral health needs?
The Moral Challenge of Ebola
This commentary examines the moral considerations which inevitably play a key role in public health decision-making to bring Ebola under control in an expeditious, just, and compassionate manner.
Is the Qualitative Serum Pregnancy Test Obsolete?
Both qualitative and quantitative serum hCG tests are used to diagnose pregnancy, but quantitative tests have several advantages. Is there any reason to still be using qualitative tests?
When Will We Learn to Love Complaints?
Patient complaints can be difficult to hear, but they can be a valuable opportunity to improve care and patient satisfaction.
Managing Tobacco Use
Does tobacco use deserve to be managed as intensively as other CVD risk factors?
GIST With Nephrotic Syndrome as a Paraneoplastic Syndrome
This unusual case documents a patient with GIST of the stomach who presented with refractory nephrotic syndrome.
BRCA1 Variant Confers Intermediate Cancer Risk
The clinical classification of BRCA1 and BRCA2 is essential for appropriate genetic counseling, but new evidence indicates that certain variants may confer a lower risk than previously believed.
Quetiapine-Induced Sleep-Related Eating Disorder-Like Behavior
Involuntary eating while sleepwalking has been reported with many medications, but not previously with the antipsychotic quetiapine, as seen in these two patients.
The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations
This article discusses consequential validity -- the social consequences of test interpretation -- as it pertains to ABFM exams. What exactly do the scores mean and how should they be used?
Waiting Rooms and the Unconscious
Some physicians may unconsciously regard the doctor-patient relationship in terms of power -- do you?
Predictors of Decline in Elderly Patients Undergoing TAVI
How does functional status change over a 6-month period in elderly patients surviving TAVI?
New Oral Anticoagulants in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation
Learn more about new oral anticoagulants as an alternative for vitamin K antagonists to prevent stroke.
Switching From I.V. to Oral Antimicrobial Therapy
There is increasing pressure from managed care organizations to discharge patients from the hospital to the ambulatory care setting as early as possible.
A Massive Transfusion Protocol With a Higher FFP/RBC Ratio
The authors implemented a protocol incorporating a higher fresh frozen plasma/RBC ratio for the management of trauma patients requiring massive transfusion. Did it improve outcomes?
Atypia and Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
Core needle biopsy of the breast is being used increasingly to define radiologically and clinically identified lesions.