By: Dr. Geoffrey Modest The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC just updated their HPV vaccination recommendations to include a 9-valent vaccine (see here). There are now 3 approved vaccines: Cervarix, a bivalent one against strains 16,18; Gardisil, a 4-valent one against 6,11,16,18; and now Gardisil-9, against 6,11,16,18,31,33,45,52,58. the 4-valent (4vHPV) and 9-valent (9vHPV) ones […]
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Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: HIV outbreak in Indiana
HIV outbreak in Indiana […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Thyroid screening recommendations
thyroid screening recommendations […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Treatment of skin infections in era of MRSA
Treatment of skin infections in era of MRSA […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Cabg vs newer generation stents
Cabg vs newer generation stents […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Unemployment and suicide rates
By: Dr. Geoffrey Modest A rather disturbing but not unexpected article was just published in Lancet Psychiatry correlating suicide rates with unemployment (see Lancet Psychiatry 2015; 2: 239–45). About 1 million people per year die by suicide around the world. Prior data on the relationship between unemployment and suicide have been a bit mixed, though several studies have found […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Discordance in interpreting breast biopsies
Discordance in interpreting breast biopsies […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Coronary angiography or exercise testing for chronic angina??
Coronary angiography or exercise testing for chronic angina?? […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Exercise and the development of diabetes
By: Dr. Geoffrey Modest. There are many studies on the relationship between exercise and the development of diabetes. The studies for diabetes prevention have been somewhat conflicting about the intensity and amount of time doing exercise, with some suggesting that doing low-intensity exercise for longer was as good as high-intensity exercise for a shorter period of time. This […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Smoking and mortality
Smoking and mortality […]