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- Disparities in prostate cancer in African American men: What primary care physicians can do
Both biologic and socioeconomic factors may be to blame. Better screening may help to close the gap.
- Lung cancer screening: One step forward
I never expected, perhaps naively, that cancer screening would be so challenging and contentious.
- A geriatric patient-centered medical home: How to obtain NCQA certification
Applying for certification is hard work but, if accompanied by real changes to your practice, should improve the care you deliver.
- Examine before ordering: An algorithm unchanged by new tests
I have always been irked when doctors reflexively order panels of immunologic tests when evaluating patients with “arthritis.”
- Glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal suppression (November 2011)
Readers comment on previous articles about glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal failure (November 2011), essential tremor (December 2011), and Parkinson disease (January 2012).
- Should I order an anti-CCP antibody test to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis?
This test is highly specific, though it may be redundant for a patient who has documented rheumatoid arthritis and who is seropositive for rheumatoid factor.
- Parkinson disease (January 2012)
Readers comment on previous articles about glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal failure (November 2011), essential tremor (December 2011), and Parkinson disease (January 2012).