Return of the IUD: Long-acting Reversible Contraception Is Safe and Effective
Misplaced fears about IUDs have caused them to be avoided by many women, despite the fact that they are very safe and among the most effective means for contraception. In this JAMA Clinical Reviews po...
6 Jul 201826min
Health Care Spending Gone Wild: Using Expensive Insulin Analogs With Few Clinical Advantages
Health care spending in the United States is out of control. The most significant aspect of medical care driving this spending is pharmaceuticals; within pharmaceuticals the greatest increases have be...
23 Jun 201827min
A Goal Too Far: Rethinking HbA1c Targets for Diabetes Treatment
The American College of Physicians just changed its guidance for how aggressively to treat type 2 diabetes, relaxing the HbA1c goal to something below 8 rather than 6.5 or 7 as other organizations rec...
19 Jun 201829min
When Will It Stop? Clinicians Are Still Ordering Routine ECGs Despite Recommendations to the Contrary
For many years guidelines have recommended against obtaining ECGs for low-risk patients undergoing routine health examinations. Yet about a fifth of all patients having these exams get an ECG. Why? Ar...
12 Jun 201822min
Replacing the Trachea: An Exciting New Procedure; But How Do We Know It Really Works?
Many attempts to replace the trachea have failed in the past. The most spectacular failure was fraudulent research done in Europe by a high-profile surgeon who was eventually charged with scientific m...
20 Mai 201821min
Update: New Recommendations for Prostate Cancer Screening
The controversy continues about the efficacy of PSA screening for prostate cancer. New recommendations were just issued from the USPSTF about who should be screened for prostate cancer and when. But n...
8 Mai 201825min
Peanut Allergy: The Recommendations Have Changed
Peanut allergy is common. But it is more common in countries that delay the introduction of peanuts into the diets of infants. Guidelines in the United States previously recommended delayed introducti...
6 Mar 201819min
What Is New in Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome?
Acute respiratory disease syndrome is characterized by respiratory failure that occurs after someone is acutely ill, usually from a disease that does not primarily involve the lungs. Its cause, diagno...
20 Feb 201830min
