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03/20/2024
The American College of Gastroenterology recently released a guideline for diagnosing and treating chronic pancreatitis. Do you know what the guideline recommends about screening these patients for...
03/20/2024
02/17/2024
Mental health screening tools and symptom scales have been evaluated in clinical trials for various uses. Do you know how they have impacted clinical practice?
02/17/2024
02/15/2024
The CDC reported more than 200,000 cases of syphilis in 2022, a 17% increase compared with the previous year. In response, the CDC provided new recommendations for testing syphilis in the laboratory.
02/15/2024
Interactive Features
03/20/2024
The American College of Gastroenterology recently released a guideline for diagnosing and treating chronic pancreatitis. Do you know what the guideline recommends about screening these patients for...
03/20/2024
02/17/2024
Mental health screening tools and symptom scales have been evaluated in clinical trials for various uses. Do you know how they have impacted clinical practice?
02/17/2024
02/04/2024
Your patient is a 17-year-old boy. His parents believe he is showing signs of an anxiety disorder. They ask if he is qualified to be screened so they can receive an exact diagnosis as he hasn’t been...
02/04/2024
10/28/2023
Your patient is a 12-year-old girl who is overweight. Obesity runs in her family’s history and her father has type 2 diabetes. Her parents believe she should be screened for diabetes.
10/28/2023
10/04/2023
Bone mineral density testing is indicated in women of any age who present with one major risk factor. Do you know which risk factors are considered “major” among women? Take our pop quiz to test your...
10/04/2023
Clinical Insights
10/12/2023
Melissa E. Badowski, PharmD, MPH
Melissa E. Badowski, PharmD, MPH
In this expert interview, Melissa E. Badowski, PharmD, MPH, provides an overview of her presentation at IDWeek 2023 titled, "Guideline Adherence to Hepatitis B Virus Screening and Vaccination in Patients...
10/12/2023
06/10/2023
In this podcast, Elissa Downs, MD, MPH, speaks about exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), including the symptoms, screening tools used to diagnose patients with EPI, how patients with EPI should be...
06/10/2023
09/18/2022
In this podcast, Harrys A. Torres, MD, talks about his team's study that aimed to identify the optimal screening test for hepatitis C virus in patients with hematologic malignancies and/or prior...
09/18/2022
08/09/2022
In this podcast, Talia Segal and Michael Waxman, MD, MPH, talk about their research that investigated the demographics of patients with hepatitis C virus before and after the US Preventive Services Task...
08/09/2022
07/03/2022
Jenna Marcus, MD, from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, discusses ovarian cancer risk stratification, screening and prophylactic strategies among populations with elevated ovarian cancer risk, and current...
07/03/2022