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Managed Care May 2001	3rd U.S. Preventive Task Force Issues Recommendations The Third U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released its first of 70 sets of recommendations about the value of specific preventive services...
American Family Physician May 15, 2004 Mark H. Ebell	Routine Screening for Depression, Alcohol Problems, and Domestic Violence This guide is one in a series that offers evidence-based tools to assist family physicians in improving their decision-making at the point of care.
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 December 15, 2002 Randhawa & Fink	Screening for Breast Cancer A case study and question-and-answer group on screening for breast cancer, based on the recommendations of the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
American Family Physician February 1, 2001 Thomas J. Gates	Screening for Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence This article reviews the kind of evidence required to justify screening tests for cancer, with the goal of guiding family physicians through current and future screening controversies...
American Family Physician September 15, 2002 Sharp & Lipsky	Screening for Depression Across the Lifespan: A Review of Measures for Use in Primary Care Settings Depression is a common psychiatric disorder in children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Primary care physicians, not mental health professionals, treat the majority of patients with symptoms of depression.
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...
Managed Care April 2006 Tony Berberabe	Insurers Rely on Providers To Screen for Depression With access only to claims data, health plans strive to promote the importance of depression screening to their providers.
Managed Care January 2007 Lola Butcher	Employers Publish Guide on Prevention's Worth The National Business Group on Health introduces the Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
Nurse Practitioner December 2008 Darlene P. Peters	Colon Cancer Screening: Recommendations and Barriers to Patient Participation Advanced practice nurses and nurse researchers can play a vital role in improving colon cancer screening among patients.
Managed Care August 2006 Cross & Sipkoff	Although Employers Need Depression Programs, They May Not Know It Yet Research says the hidden cost of untreated depression far outweighs the cost of treatment. Plans need to get this information to purchasers.
AskMen.com	Good Health Care News New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more harm than good.
American Family Physician December 15, 2000	Letters to the Editor On Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations... etc.
American Family Physician March 15, 2004	Clinical Inquiries Does Screening for Tuberculosis in Children Decrease Morbidity or Mortality?
American Family Physician September 15, 2004 Thibault & Steiner	Efficient Identification of Adults with Depression and Dementia Family physicians must decide how to screen for depression or dementia and which patients to screen. Mental health questionnaires can be helpful, but are not without flaws.
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 January 2005 Sharon Baker	Breast Cancer Screening: Some Plans Do Better Than Others Some of the nation's best health plans are coming up with creative ways to encourage women to get mammograms.
ifeminists May 5, 2004 Tony Zizza	Depression Screenings Don't Belong In Our Schools A recent article in the Denver Post reports Denver Health's School-Based Health Centers are screening every student - for depression - who steps inside any one of the 11 school-based "clinics."
American Family Physician October 15, 2006 Iris R. Mabry	Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children Despite the lack of evidence to support screening with brief formal instruments, it is the responsibility of primary care physicians to seek and address parents' concerns and children's obvious speech and language delays.
Managed Care December 2005 Lola Butcher	Kansas City Focuses on Depression Health plans, researchers, employers, and workers make common cause to identify and treat depression.
American Family Physician September 15, 2002	Depression What is depression?... What causes depression?... How is depression diagnosed?... How is depression treated?... What about suicide?...
American Family Physician November 15, 2000	Letters to the Editor Further Discussion on the Role of Pap Smear Screening
American Family Physician May 1, 2004 Daniel Knight	Health Care Screening for Men Who Have Sex with Men Recommendations on health care screenings for men who have sex with men, who are at increased risk for STDs such as HIV infection, anal cancer, and psychologic and behavioral disorders.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2006 Michael Fronstin	A Fresh Look at Co-morbidity You may think you understand a disease. But then it arrives in tandem. A new survey takes a fresh look at co-morbidity.
ifeminists October 4, 2006 Tony Zizza	Time To Boycott National Depression Screening Day In the U.S., whenever National Depression Screening Day rears its ugly head in the mainstream media every first week in October, we have the opportunity to review some serious doublethink that does not change much with each passing year.
AskMen.com Harold Russell	Depression & Fatigue A recent study of adults showed fatigue and lethargy to be the most common and debilitating symptoms of depression. This finding could change the way that physicians treat this illness.
American Family Physician September 15, 2002	Depression in Women Is depression common in women?... What are the symptoms?... What causes depression?... Symptoms of Depresssion... How is depression treated?... Are antidepressants safe for any woman with depression?... etc.
Managed Care May 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Depression Programs Might Provide an Edge There may be some costs up front, but there is also an opportunity for health plans to profit as employers' concern about this issue grows.
Managed Care March 2000	JAMA Study Challenges Key HEDIS Diabetes Measure How often should diabetic patients be screened for retinopathy?
American Family Physician July 15, 2002 Michael Pignone & Bernard Levin	Recent Developments in Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention New information provides further support for efforts to increase the use of colorectal cancer screening and prevention services in adults older than 50 years.
American Family Physician November 1, 2006 Lurie et al.	Seasonal Affective Disorder Patients with seasonal affective disorder have episodes of major depression that tend to recur during specific times of the year, usually in winter. Like major depression, seasonal affective disorder probably is underdiagnosed in primary care settings.
Managed Care February 2002 Heidi A. Sauder & Sheri Wallace	Push Is On for Improved Treatment of Women's Psychological Maladies Sure there are diagnostic and treatment challenges, but the money that can be saved for society might make this fertile ground for investment...
Managed Care June 2007 Lisa A. Higgins	Sobering Stats Invite Insurers To Fight Alcoholism Effectively Health plans may not be able to control problem drinking by their members. They can, however, affect the way their contracted providers approach the problem. And that may be what makes the difference.
American Family Physician August 15, 2006 Wolff & Gutke	Screening for Peripheral Arterial Disease Case Study: A 57-year-old man visits your office for refills of simvastatin (Zocor) and paroxetine (Paxil). He says his friend had "a bypass operation on the arteries in his legs," and asks if you think he should be "checked for that disease."... Case Study Questions: etc.
Nurse Practitioner November 2010 Dreadin & Mancuso	Diagnostic breast evaluation: When to refer and what the results really mean Diagnostic breast imaging is an important tool in evaluating abnormal physical examination findings and assessing incomplete screening mammographic results.
American Family Physician May 15, 2006 Iris R. Mabry	Putting Prevention Into Practice - Screening for Overweight in Children and Adolescents EH is a five-year-old boy seeing you for a routine well-child examination. His mother is concerned about his weight... Which of the following reasons explain why BMI is the preferred measure for detecting overweight in children and adolescents?...
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Prostate Cancer Symptoms, Screening & Diagnosis Despite the facts that prostate cancer is the No. 1 cancer occurring in men (aside from skin cancers) and the second leading cause of cancer death (behind lung cancer), many men are still unfamiliar with this highly treatable disease.
Nursing April 2009 Colwell & Gordon	Helping patients combat colon cancer Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States. In 2008, about 148,810 people received this diagnosis and an estimated 49,960 died of the disease.
American Family Physician October 15, 2006	Depression: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is depression?... What causes depression?... Symptoms of Depression... How is depression diagnosed?... etc.
Managed Care September 2002 Elizabeth Millard	Managing 9/11-Related Stress September 11 underscored the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder. Screening could ultimately reduce utilization. But who should be screened?
American Family Physician September 1, 2001 Jim Nuovo	New Tests for Cervical Cancer Screening Recently, a number of new technologies have been developed to improve the detection of cervical cancer and its precursors. However, there is substantial controversy about whether the new tests offer meaningful advantages over the conventional Pap smear...
American Family Physician January 1, 2007 Shashi & Subhash Bhatia	Childhood and Adolescent Depression Safe and effective treatment of major depression in this age group requires accurate diagnosis, suicide risk assessment, and use of evidence-based therapies.
Nurse Practitioner March 2012 Vanya Hamrin et al.	Evaluation and Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Depression The primary care setting is an appropriate venue for screening and identifying pediatric depression. Nurse practitioners can provide initial management or referral to psychiatric mental health professionals for evidence-based treatments.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Men's Health Screening Guide Use this men's health screening schedule to stay in top health.
Salon.com July 5, 2000 Matthew E. Dawson	Not myself I took this photo at a particularly low point of depression. I've gained a lot of weight since taking a certain medication and I'm fascinated by what's happening to me.
Managed Care March 2001 John A. Marcille	Should That Apple a Day Be Red, Green, or Golden? So if everyone's at least in agreement that preventing illness should be a common goal, why is a mutual understanding of "prevention" so elusive?
AskMen.com Whitney F. Jones	Colon Cancer And Polyps: What You Need To Know It would surprise many to learn that colon cancer is the third leading cause of death by cancer in American men.
American Family Physician July 1, 2000 Martin C. Mahoney	Putting Prevention into Practice Case Study: Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
American Family Physician August 1, 2005 Wattendorf & Hadley	Family History: The Three-Generation Pedigree The three-generation pedigree provides a pictorial representation of diseases within a family and is the most efficient way to assess hereditary influences on disease.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Good News for Eli Lilly's Depression Drug Eli Lilly announces that the Food and Drug Administration has expanded the label of Symbyax to treat patients with treatment-resistant depression, meaning they haven't been helped by at least two other drugs.