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Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: New 1st line antiretroviral recs
new HIV medication recs […]
Primary Care Corner with Dr. Geoffrey Modest: Mammography, US Task Force on BRCA testing
US Task Force on breast CA screening, BRCA testing […]
Primary Care Corner with Dr. Geoffrey Modest: Time to screen for lung cancer with CT scanning?
time for CT screening for lung cancer?? […]
Primary Care Corner with Dr. Geoffrey Modest: Multivitamins. They still don’t work.
MVIs still dont work for anything […]
Primary Care Corner with Dr. Geoffrey Modest: Vit E for Alzheimer disease
Vitamin E for Alzheimer dementia […]
Primary Care Corner with Dr. Geoffrey Modest: ADHD drugs and Priapism
Priapism from ADHD drugs […]
Primary Care Corner with Dr. Geoffrey Modest: JNC Hypertension guidelines–simple goals
So, here is my brief (ie, briefer than usual) review of JNC-8 (see doi:10.1001/jama.2013.284427). This is a short 14-page document, recommending the following: –in people over 60 years old, initiate drug treatment to lower BP to <150/90 (but okay to keep at systolic<140 if already there based on prior guidelines and if well-tolerated, per expert […]
Primary Care Corner with Dr. Geoffrey Modest: “The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder” (from the NYT)
The selling of ADD […]
Primary Care Corner w/Dr. Geoffrey Modest: Choosing Wisely–Hematology
Choosing wisely–hematology […]