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American Family Physician
March 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter CDC Recommends Increased Influenza Vaccination in Health Care Staff... Health Initiative to Improve Cancer Therapy with Biomarker Evaluation... Pharmaceutical Association Supports Lower Priced Drugs Act... etc.   |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2005
Sarah J. Evans |
Newsletter AAFP, ACP, AOA Urge Congress to Stop Medicare Payment Cuts... HHS Awards Emergency Health Care Aid to Louisiana Katrina Victims... HHS Grants Contracts for Nationwide Health Information Network... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2004
Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter FDA Warns Against Using Domperidone to Increase Breast Milk Production... AAFP Members Visit Lawmakers in Washington, D.C... CDC Reports Data on Suicide Behaviors, Risk Factors, and Prevention... etc. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2005
Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter Online Registration Available for 2005 ABFM Examinations... AAFP Collaborates on Obesity Management Journal... CDC Web Site Focuses on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders... etc. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2005 |
Newsletter Demand for Subspecialists May Jeopardize Public Health... CDC Survey Reveals Limited Use of Electronic Health Records Systems... SAMHSA Offers $12.4 Million in Grants for Child Trauma Initiative... etc. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2003 |
Newsletter AAFP Congress of Delegates Changes Name of Specialty to Family Medicine... HHS Report Shows Increases in Life Expectancy, Incidence of Diabetes... CDC, AAFP to Work Together on Immunization Project... etc. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter IOM Report Finds Medication Errors Injure 1.5 Million Persons Annually... CCHIT Completes First Round of Ambulatory EHR Product Certification... AAFP Study Examines Reasons for Family Medicine Residency Closures... etc. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2004
Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter AAFP and AAP Release Acute Otitis Media Guideline... HHS Releases FDA Report on Combating the Obesity Epidemic... etc... |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter AAFP adopts new physician workforce policy to counter family physicians shortage... Medicare and Medicaid services propose allowing use of part D data for research initiatives... etc. |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2011
Karen Roush |
Menopausal Hormone Therapy: What We Know Now This article describes the findings and limitations of the major research thus far on hormone therapy. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2003
Matthew Neff |
Newsletter HHS Report Shows U.S. Life Expectancy Reached New High of 77.2 Years... Health-Related Issues Receive Emphasis in Senate's Agenda for 2003... President Bush Approves $7 Billion Budget for HRSA... Bilingual Helpline Created to Connect Hispanic Families with Health Services... etc. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2002 |
Newsletter CDC Web Site Provides Current Information on West Nile Virus... AHRQ Survey Details Use of Health Care for Chronic Conditions... HHS Approves Nevada Plan to Insure Women with Breast or Cervical Cancer... HRSA Grants Almost $49 Million to Improve Health Care Facilities... etc. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2004 |
Newsletter A recent report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) urges educators and other groups to focus more attention on strategies for reducing barriers that deny minorities access to careers in the health professions. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2003
Matthew Neff |
Newsletter FDA, CDC Respond to Increasing Threat of SARS... HHS Releases HIPAA-Related Documents on Patient Privacy Standards... New Research Journal, Annals of Family Medicine, to Debut This Month... HHS Announces $15 Million Health Initiative Focused on Prevention |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2005
Carrie A. Morantz |
Newsletter AAFP Urges Members to Use Vaccine Prebooking Plan for Next Flu Season... NIH Starts Global Network for Research Training on Trauma and Injury... Healthy People 2010 Achieves Goal of Reducing Foodborne Illnesses... etc. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2006
Mark B. Stephens |
Preventive Health Counseling for Adolescents The key to providing relevant and useful preventive counseling for adolescent patients is developing the trust necessary to discuss the specific issues that impact this age group. |
Managed Care
March 2001
Michael D. Dalzell |
Preventive Care: Can We Do a Better Job? HMOs place great stock in disease prevention, but some highly recommended services go uncovered. Plans and purchasers often don't agree on priorities... |
Science News
August 10, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Diet Pills: It's Still Buyer Beware On the dangers and uncertainties associated with non-prescription diet pills |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter AMA Announces New Policies on DTC Advertising, Price Transparency... AAP Supports Recommendations of IOM Emergency Care Report... CDC Urges Awareness of Measles in Travelers to World Cup... etc. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter CMS to Cover Shortfalls in States' Children's Health Insurance Funds... Reports Find Costs Restrict Health Technology Implementation... Family Physician Gives Invited Testimony on EHR Difficulties... etc. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2005
Carrie Morantz |
Newsletter Latest Senate EHR Bill Combines and Replaces Previous Proposals... Agencies Collaborate to Help Patients Recover from Mental Illness... Study: Most Americans Do Not Think Obesity Risks Are Overestimated... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2003
Matthew Neff |
Newsletter CDC Web Page Provides Up-To-Date Information on Monkeypox... HHS Streamlines FDA Regulations for Generic Drug Approvals... AHRQ Releases Men's Health Brochure for Screening Tests and Staying Healthy... Coalition Announces Agenda for Addressing the Issue of Low Health Literacy... etc. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2001
Rosemarie Sweeney & Matthew Neff |
Newsletter Guidance Issued on New Federal Protection Rules on Patient Privacy... Participants Are Needed for Prostate Cancer Prevention 'SELECT' Trial... Document Compares Five Federal Prescription Drug Coverage Proposals... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2000
Monica Preboth |
Clinical Briefs ISMP Warning on Heparin/Hespan Mix-ups... Increase in Vaccination Coverage Levels... Therapies for the Prevention of Breast Cancer... Online Service to Provide Hospital Statistics... Office Spirometry for the Detection of COPD... AAFP Annual Scientific Assembly... etc. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2003 |
Newsletter CDC reports current influenza season could be more severe than usual... AAFP partners with nine companies to provide affordable EHR systems... Annual report shows continued improvement in overall health in the United States... etc. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter Medicaid Cost Sharing and Premiums May Reduce Physician Revenues... AMA Supports Amendment on Cuts to Medicare Physician Payments... Increase in Candidates Matched into Family Medicine Residencies... etc. |
Managed Care
October 2005
Sharon Baker |
Cover Dietary Supplements? Some Plans Say Yes As we learn which dietary supplements are truly beneficial, is limited coverage of specific products in the works? |
Managed Care
March 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter Physician Leaders, Congress Discuss Medicare Physician Payment Cuts... Insurance Data May Build Pressure for Overhaul of Health Care System... IOM Finds Investment of Resources Inadequate to Address Obesity Crisis... etc. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000
Monica Preboth |
Clinical Briefs AAP Statement on Suicide in Adolescents... Preventing Pregnancy Loss in Women with Diabetes... Climatic Heat Stress and Exercise in Children... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2005
Carrie Morantz |
Newsletter AMA, AAFP Act to Protect Patients' Access to Prescriptions... AHRQ Releases Updated Guide to Clinical Preventive Services... HHS Awards $80.5 Million in Grants to Reduce Infant Mortality Rates... etc. |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2004
Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter Robert Graham Center Releases Study of Medical Errors Based on Malpractice Cases... Guideline on Otitis Media with Effusion Urges Watchful Waiting... CDC Launches Autism Awareness Campaign... etc. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2005
Sunga et al. |
Care of Cancer Survivors Cancer survivors are at increased risk for recurrence of their original malignancy. Surveillance following curative cancer treatment generally includes interval history and physical examinations every six months for five years. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2000
Monica Preboth |
Clinical Briefs Sports Specialization in Young Athletes... ADA Statement on Nutrition in Diabetes... Diagnostic Imaging to Detect Child Abuse... NIH/NIA Report on Alzheimer's Disease... CDC Report on U.S. Incidence of Measles in 1999... Managing Pain and Stress in the Neonate... |
Nurse Practitioner
December 2011
Downs-Holmes & Silverman |
Breast cancer: Overview & updates This overview of breast cancer will discuss pathologic features, local and systemic treatment considerations, endocrine therapy, metastatic treatment regimens, and follow-up for optimal breast health. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter FDA Announces New Prescription Drug Information Format... ASTM International Develops Continuity of Care Record... HHS Launches Project to Test Electronic Prescribing for Medicare Part D... etc. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter Medicare Beneficiaries Advised to Review Drug Plan Changes for 2007... AAFP Federal Advocacy Efforts Will Focus on Physician Payment Reform... Pay-for-Performance Incentives Used by One Half of Surveyed HMOs... etc. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2004 |
Breast Cancer Risk Related to Type of Hormone Therapy Although several studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women taking oral hormone therapy, the risk related to each of the various forms of therapy is less clear. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2000
Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter Coalition Report Focuses on Care at the End of Life... AHRQ Urges Research on Bioterrorism Threat... AAFP Members Deliver Care Packages to Azerbaijan... HHS Creates Organ Transplant Advisory Panel... Healthy People Encouraged to Wait for Influenza Vaccine... |
Nurse Practitioner
July 2011
Kass-Wolff & Fisher |
Menopause and the Hormone Controversy: Clarification or Confusion? Hormone therapy in perimenopause and menopause remains a controversial and often confusing management strategy for healthcare providers. To assist in providing women quality healthcare, recently published new guidelines help provide direction for NPs. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001 |
Cancer Screening Guidelines Faced with the broad, and sometimes conflicting, range of recommendations for cancer screening, family physicians must determine the most reasonable and up-to-date method of screening... |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2003
Matthew Neff |
Newsletter AAFP Launches Initiative to Strengthen Patients' Voices in Congress... New Guide Available Online to Help Physicians Counsel Older Drivers... Fact Sheet Outlines Health Issues for Patients to Address with Physicians... etc. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2002 |
Newsletter Senate Approves Appointment of Carmona to Surgeon General... HHS Grants to Help Create Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps... AAFP Launches HIPAA Information Web Site... Initiative Seeks to Improve Physician Education on Pesticide Issues... etc. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001
Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter AAFP Seeks Physicians to be Key Legislative Contacts... Online Site Offers Latest Health News... HRSA Awards $42.3 Million for Early HIV Treatment... President's Prescription Drug Proposal at Issue... NRHA Issues Legislative Agenda for 2001... U.S. Registry Created for Alopecia Areata... AHRQ Awards $5.5 Million for Domestic Violence Research... |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2005
Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter AAFP Launches Online Quality Improvement Program... NIH Issues New Guidelines for Managing Asthma During Pregnancy... ABFM Extends Deadline for 2004 Self-Assessment Module... etc. |
Managed Care
June 2004
MargaretAnn Cross |
CDC Begins To Provide Resources for Workplace Wellness Programs As employers become more comfortable with the idea that prevention pays, health plans may find their scope of services widening. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2011
Dickmeyer & Rosenbeck |
From Rut to Racetrack Can the pharmaceutical industry deliver on its objective to make cancer a curable, chronic condition? |
Science News
January 25, 2003
Kendall Morgan |
Curbing Cancer? Low-Fat Diet During Adolescence Cuts Hormones, Possibly Breast Cancer Risk Cutting back on cheeseburgers and French fries could spare girls more than extra pounds. A low-fat diet also reduces young girls' sex hormone concentrations, a new study finds. The adolescent drop in hormones that are known to spur breast cancer in adults might stave off the disease later in life. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2003
Stovall & Domino |
Approaching the Suicidal Patient In an attempt to help the family physician prevent suicide, this article reviews known risk factors and offers a strategy for assessing and addressing these factors in individual patients. |
Food Processing
September 2010
Diane Toops |
Congress Scrambles to Pass Food Safety Legislation As Congress has argued over health care reform, financial reform, two wars, a mortgage crisis and unemployment, amending the U.S. food safety system was put on the back burner. |
