Vasectomy remains an important option for contraception. Research findings have clarified
many questions regarding patient selection, optimal technique, postsurgical follow-up, and …

Objective: To measure women's beliefs about disease screening in a consistent manner
across disease states to identify priority areas for educational and motivational interventions. …

Background: Determining which patient outcome indicators may be appropriate to include
in a primary care, practice performance tool is a difficult task. Unfortunately, no published …

Corticosteroid therapy in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis should not degrade the
accuracy of temporal artery biopsy if the biopsy is performed within four weeks of …

Both patients are probably pretty typical of the back pain patients you see on a regular basis.
But how would you care for each of these patients, and how does your care compare to the …

PURPOSE Cost-effective strategies for assisting patients in behavior change are needed at
the primary care level. The purpose of this project was to determine the feasibility and …

OBJECTIVES: Internet-based information has potential to impact physician–patient relationships.
This study examined medical students’ interpretation and response to such information …

CASE* Ms. B, a 26-year-old woman, presents to your office with her 3-year-old son for a well-child
examination. During the course of the conversation, she asks you if she should be …

A positive urine urobilinogen test (≥ 3 mg/dL) does not have adequate sensitivity or specificity
to function as a reasonable screening test for liver or biliary tract disease (SOR: C, based …

Intensive statin therapy is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events in patients
with known cardiovascular disease and those at high risk (diabetes mellitus [DM], chronic …