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Canadian practice guideline does NOT recommend HIFU by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor

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News Note: Not all doctors comply with practice guidelines for recommending colorectal cancer screenings by Cancer.gov Posted Wed 13 Oct 2010 9:00pm News Note: Not all doctors comply with practice guidelines for recommending colorectal cancer screenings A study of nearly 1,300 primary care physicians in the United States found that only about 20 percent of those doctors recommend colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings tests to their patients in accordance with current practice guidelines Read on »

Federal Guidelines for Newborn Screening of Genetic Disorders Recommended by Linda MacDonald Glenn Healthy Living Professional

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:26pm From Science Daily (hat tip to James Hughes of IEET.org ) Most Babies Receive Recommended Newborn Tests, But Half A Million Still Not Screened For Serious Genetic Disorders Science Daily - Nearly 90 percent of all babies born in the United States -- more than double the percentage in 2005 -- live in states that require screening Read on »

New HIV treatment guidelines recommend return to “hit hard, hit early” strategy by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 03 Dec 2009 2:10pm Agents in HIV-1 Infected Adults and Adolescents” in the HIV Treatment Guidelines section.) HIV-infected persons with CD4 counts of 500 of less are now recommended to start antiretroviral therapy (ART). With few exceptions, the previous guidelines recommended that ART be started when people’s CD4 counts were below 350. People with the following conditions Read on »

Pink Ribbons Project’s opposing response to the revised screening guideline recommendations by Pink Ribbons Project Posted Wed 18 Nov 2009 6:21pm At Pink Ribbons Project, we were extremely disappointed and discouraged by the recent announcement of the revised screening guideline recommendations set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The revised guidelines represent an enormous setback in women’s healthcare. The suggested changes will cause immeasurable negative Read on »

ER/PR testing guidelines: Joint CAP/ASCO recommendations by Mark Pool, MD Posted Tue 27 Apr 2010 9:55pm The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) issue a joint guideline on April 19, 2010 in an effort to improve... with HER2 testing guideline in 2007. The guideline is being published in the April 19 issues of ASCO’s Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) and the CAP’s Archives of Pathology Read on »

Exercise recommended in new cancer treatment guidelines by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 06 Jun 2010 12:00am can – and should – find ways to be physically active both during and after treatment, according to new national treatment guidelines. Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, an associate professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a member of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will present these guidelines Read on »

Vitamin D intake recommendations in new clinical practice guideline by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 25 Jul 2011 12:00am , Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.” The clinical practice guideline (CPG) is published in the July 2011 issue... as rickets. “Vitamin D deficiency is very common in all age groups and it is important that physicians and health care providers have the best evidence-based recommendations Read on »

New Guidelines Recommend Revaccinating Those at Prolonged Increased Risk for Meningococcal Disease by Poh Tin Tan Posted Wed 14 Oct 2009 10:02pm recommendations for revaccinating persons at prolonged increased risk for meningococcal disease. The new guidelines, which were approved at the June 24, 2009, ACIP meeting, are published in the September 25 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. ACIP has previously recommended quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4; Menactra, Sanofi Pasteur Read on »

Key Guideline-Recommended Therapies Improve Survival For Heart Failure Patients by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Mon 04 Apr 2011 8:58pm A UCLA-led study has found that adherence to national guideline–recommended therapies for heart failure in an outpatient practice setting significantly lowered... impacts millions and results in morbidity, death, the use of significant health care resources, and significant costs. While quality-of-care measures based on national guidelines Read on »