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Adolescent Health Screening and Counseling

PETER HAM, CLAUDIA ALLEN

Primary care physicians are well situated to discuss risks with adolescent patients and offer appropriate interventions. Issues that affect adolescents include unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, violence, obesity, substance abuse, and depression. Effective...

Cutaneous Cryosurgery

ETHAN E. ZIMMERMAN, PAUL CRAWFORD

Cryosurgery can be used to treat a wide range of benign, premalignant, and certain malignant skin conditions with high cure rates. It is widely used in primary care because of its safety, effectiveness, low cost, ease of use, and good cosmetic results, and because it usually...

Chlamydia Trachomatis Infections: Screening, Diagnosis, and Management

RANIT MISHORI, ERICA L. McCLASKEY, VINCE J. WINKLERPRINS

Left untreated, chlamydia can result in serious complications, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and epididymitis, as well as ocular conditions such as conjunctivitis and trachoma. First-line treatment options include azithromycin and doxycycline; alternatives...

Clarification

Unclear statements about effectiveness of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers. The Clinical Evidence Handbook (July 15, 2012, p. 182) contained two statements about the combination of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor...

AAFP News Now: AFP Edition

AAFP News Now: AFP Edition

Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Expected to Exceed 50,000 by 2025 | ACGME Moves Forward with Plan for Single Accreditation System for MD, DO Physicians | Health Literacy Study Seeking Primary Care Practices to Test Communication Strategies | Public Comment Sought on...

Putting Prevention Into Practice

Prevention of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

JENNIFER CROSWELL, YOUNG-ROK SHIN

Case study: A 73-year-old woman comes to your office for routine follow-up for hypertension. She lives alone in an apartment and walks slowly, requiring the use of a cane. She is otherwise healthy and alert. Her most recent eye examination was three years ago.

Clinical Evidence Handbook

Depression in Children and Adolescents

PHILIP HAZELL

What are the effects of pharmacological and psychological treatments for depression in children and adolescents? What are the effects of combination and complementary treatments for depression in children and adolescents? What are the effects of treatments for refractory...

Photo Quiz

Rash in an Eight-Year-Old Boy

A.S. PILLAI, D. MEDINA

Photo Quiz presents readers with a clinical challenge based on a photograph or other image.

STEPS

Linagliptin (Tradjenta) for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

KAREN WHALEN, KAREN R. SANDO

Linagliptin reduces A1C levels to a lesser extent than first-line therapy (metformin) and is significantly more expensive than metformin and sulfonylureas. Importantly, its ability to affect diabetes-related morbidity and mortality is not known.

Practice Guidelines

ACP Releases Best Practice Advice on Colorectal Cancer Screening

AMBER RANDEL

The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently reviewed guidelines on colorectal cancer screening available from the American Cancer Society/U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer/American College of Radiology, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, U.S....

Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine

Should the Target A1C Level Be Less Than 7 Percent? Yes: This Should Be the Target for Most Patients

KEVIN PETERSON

In 1993, the DCCT (Diabetes Control and Complications Trial) demonstrated that better glycemic control reduces microvascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.1 Ten years later, the EDIC (Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications) trial...

Should the Target A1C Level Be Less Than 7 Percent? No: The Case for Modest Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

HENRY C. BARRY

Between firmly held beliefs in tight glycemic control and the available empiric data lies a wide chasm. In a review of 13 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing tight control versus usual care in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, overall, tight control did not...

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Prevention of Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Recommendation Statement

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends exercise or physical therapy and vitamin D supplementation to prevent falls in community-dwelling adults 65 years or older who are at increased risk of falls.

FPIN's Clinical Inquiries

Cardiovascular Risks of Combined Oral Contraceptive Use

ADRIENNE D. FEHR, ANNE MOUNSEY, JENNIFER E. YATES, DONNA FLAKE

What are the risks of combined oral contraceptive use in patients with cardiovascular risk factors?

Letters to the Editor

Antibiotics Usually Inappropriate in Children with Gastroenteritis

TIMOTHY JONES

Tips from Other Journals

Adjunctive Acupuncture Reduces COPD-Related Dyspnea

KENNETH T. MOON



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