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Ask these four questions first.
Ask these four questions first.
This blog describes the first in a new series of Cochrane Special Collections which brings together examples of treatments and…
Health care providers have the tech to replace ineffective, wasteful checkups.
Roberta Heale Associate Editor, @robertaheale @EBNursingBMJ When I became a nurse practitioner in family practice twenty years…
NHS health checks may be missing the point when it comes to offering the optimal interventions and preventing cardiovascular…
Late night comics will love Donald Trump’s latest act of showmanship: the neatly choreographed moment when he pulled out his “med…
My 15-year-old daughter is a skilful debater. We have lively discussions about politics, school and the Marvel Cinematic…
I was approached by The Wall Street Journal to write an article for their Big Issues in Health Care debate series. The subject…
Go read my latest over at the JAMA Forum. A taste: Recently, Zeke Emanuel stirred up some controversy by suggesting in the New…
Recently, bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, MSc, of the University of Pennsylvania, stirred up some controversy by…
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/opinion/skip-your-annual-physical.html?_r=0 A New York Times opinion piece…
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/opinion/skip-your-annual-physical.html?_r=0 A New York Times opinion piece…
Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., recently offered some interesting advice to the more than 2 million readers of The New York Times.
Many people believe that visiting the doctor regularly will prevent problems. Diseases may be diagnosed and cured early, before…
Many people believe that visiting the doctor regularly will prevent problems. Diseases may be diagnosed and cured early, before…
By VIK KHANNA and AL LEWIS Since 2000, the government and healthcare industry have sold Americans a bill of goods called…
I was recently interviewed for an Australian Doctor item on health assessments, after I’d been involved in a Twitter discussion.
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/11/07/a-call-for-health-checks-to-help-those-in-need-rather-than-the-worried-well…
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/11/07/a-call-for-health-checks-to-help-those-in-need-rather-than-the-worried-well…
“Doc, how’s my blood pressure? What about my cholesterol? How about my weight?” “There’s room for improvement,” I say. “How…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23765083 The BBC News and Mail Online report on the debate over the UK…
I’m going to follow Mark Crislip’s example and recycle my presentation from The Amazing Meeting last week, not because I’m lazy…
Prathap Tharyan is the Director of the South Asian Cochrane Network
Prathap Tharyan is the Director of the South Asian Cochrane Network
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/april/7-annual-checkups-are-a-waste-of-time In its April issue, Discover…
As I have written many times in my previous blogs, it is essential that patients and physicians partner in the management of…
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/making-a-case-for-the-medical-check-up/ Two recent contributions to…
A new report concluded that general health checkups for adults did not help patients live longer or healthier lives. So is it…
A recent analysis from The Cochrane Collaboration, an international group that reviews scientific evidence, concluded that…
It sounds like heresy, but recent evidence challenges the long-held belief that the annual physical is beneficial for healthy…
General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from…