Author/s: Makris, Una E., Abrams, Robert C., Durland, Barry, Reid, M.C.
Importance: Persistent pain is highly prevalent, costly, and frequently disabling in later life.
Objective: To describe barriers to the management of persistent pain among older adults, summarize current management approaches, including pharmacologic and...
Author/s: US Preventive Services Task Force
Importance: Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the US. In 2020, an estimated 228 820 persons were diagnosed with lung cancer, and 135 720 persons died of the disease. The most important risk factor for lung cancer is smoking....
Author/s: Mendelson, Scott J., Prabhakaran, Shyam
Importance: Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting nearly 800 000 individuals annually.
Observations: Sudden neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain ischemia with imaging evidence...
Author/s: Miller, Benjamin F., Coffey, M. J.
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Suicide rates have been rising during the past several years, but suicide is preventable.
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There are many known risk factors for suicide, but the predictive utility of any single risk factor is low, requiring a focus on population-level rather than...
Author/s: Whittaker, Robyn, McRobbie, Hayden, Bullen, Chris, Rodgers, Anthony, Gu, Yulong, Dobson, Rosie
Background: Mobile phone-based smoking cessation support (mCessation) offers the opportunity to provide behavioural support to those who cannot or do not want face-to-face support. In addition, mCessation can be automated and therefore provided affordably even in resource-poor...
Author/s: Sun, Dongmei, Phua, Chai W.
About 11% of patients in primary care reported bleeding symptoms in a 2010 Canadian study.1 Mild bleeding disorders should be considered in patients with disproportionate bleeding (i.e., excessive postsurgical bleeding...
Author/s: Afuseh, Eric, Pike, Caitlin A., Oruche, Ukamaka M.
Background: The misuse of legal and illegal substances has led to an increase in substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States. Although primary prevention strategies have been successfully used to target chronic physical diseases, these strategies have been less effective...
Chronic pain is common in the U.S., with anywhere from 11% to 40% of the adult population reporting daily pain.1 Approximately one-third of patients experiencing pain receive a pain medication.2 While the number of prescriptions for pain management have declined in recent years3, opioid misuse...
Author/s: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
COVID-19 Vaccination
ACIP recommends use of COVID-19 vaccines within the scope of the Emergency Use Authorization or Biologics License Application for the particular vaccine. Interim ACIP recommendations for the use of COVID-19 vaccines can be found on the ...
Author/s: Prince, Andrew D.P., Stucken, Emily Z.
The family physician's role in recognizing and managing sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is crucial. A recently updated otolaryngologic clinical practice guideline has been released for this emergency syndrome, but dissemination is limited to a specialty journal. As a result, the...