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Preventive services: The good, the bad, and the unproven
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- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Latest recommendations from the USPSTF reinforce some long-standing advisories and contradict others.
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CDC recommendations expand vaccine indications
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Children ages 5-18 should get the flu vaccine. Asthma patients and smokers should get the pneumococcal vaccine.
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USPSTF scales back approach to lipid screening for women
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- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
The USPSTF recommendation for women diverges from those of the NIH and the American Heart Association
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CDC: Older kids should get annual flu vaccine, too
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- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Routine vaccination should include 5- to 18-year-olds and start this year, if possible.
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Should you screen—or not? The latest recommendations
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
While USPSTF recommendations on hypertension and sickle cell disease have stayed the same, those for Chlamydia and carotid artery stenosis have...
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MEASLES HITS HOME: Sobering lessons from 2 travel-related outbreaks
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- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Measles recently infected US residents not considered at risk, as well as the unvaccinated.
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Vaccine update: New CDC recommendations from 2007
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
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Varicella vaccination: 2 doses now the standard
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
The nation’s top vaccine panel now calls for 2 doses of the varicella vaccine in young children—not one. Doing so reduces the risk of breakthrough...
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Flu vaccination rates: How can you do better?
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Offer the vaccine to anyone who wants it, both before and during flu season, stresses the CDC.
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Personalized medicine: The promise, the reality
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Genetic testing can tell us how a patient will metabolize warfarin, but no one can tell us how to adjust our dosing.
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Practice alert: CDC no longer recommends quinolones for treatment of gonorrhea
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Ceftriaxone is now the recommended treatment.
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Screening: New guidance on what and what not to do
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
The entity with the most rigorous evidence-based approach is the US Preventive Services Task Force.
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Immunization update: Latest recommendations from the CDC
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Provisional recommendations for the varicella zoster vaccine, plus pertussis, hepatitis B, HPV, and rotavirus
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Time to revise your HIV testing routine
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
The CDC now recommends more aggressive screening than does the USPSTF. So, what’s best for your practice?
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The preteen visit: An opportunity for prevention
- Author:
- Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
Updated vaccine guidelines for different age groups; USPSTF recommendations for other interventions.