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Coronavirus: False Positives, False Negatives and the Trouble with COVID-19 Mass Testing

We are still in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Cascades of Care

Low-value health care reflects activities by patients and physicians that add little quantifiable differences to care, e.g., going to the emergency department instead of a physician for a sore throat.

Want To Increase Screening For CRC? There's An App For That.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the US, accounting for nearly 52,000 deaths in 2014 alone.

With So Many Guidelines, How Does a Physician Practice Evidence-Based Medicine?

The Annals of Internal Medicine produced a hat-trick of material on screening for lung cancer, a study, a letter, and editorial. What is the big interest?

Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Stress 10-Year Checkups

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Screening Colonoscopies Not So Effective, Review Says

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Unlike U.S., Canada Says Colonoscopy Isn't Gold Standard

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Federal Panel Recommends Screening For Depression

The United States Preventive Services Task Force

Screening Works for Some Cancers, While Overall Mortality Up

We've all been regaled doctors, the public, everyone with advice about getting tested to "pre

Don't Punish Doctors for Ordering PSA Tests

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