Preventive Medicine - Standards
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Screening of infants for hyperbilirubinemia to prevent chronic bilirubin encephalopathy: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.

26 Sep 2009 DESCRIPTION: Recommendation on screening newborn infants, based on a recent supplemental review of a 2003 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality evidence report on the effectiveness of various screening strategies for preventing the development ... Read more...

Executive physicals: what's the ROI?

30 Aug 2009 With an eye toward prevention, many companies are having their top managers undergo pricey, comprehensive physical exams, complete with full-body CT scans. As imaging technology continues to get better and safer, the day may come when screening ... Read more...

Dissemination research in cancer control: where are we and where should we go?

16 Feb 2009 Dissemination of evidence-based programs and policies is a critical final step in reducing the burden of cancer in the general public. Yet, we have not been fully successful to date in improving clinical or public health practice by disseminating ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Preventive Medicine - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Bilirubin screening for normal newborns: a critique of the hour-specific bilirubin nomogram. 26 Sep 2009
• Universal bilirubin screening, guidelines, and evidence. 26 Sep 2009
• Screening of infants for hyperbilirubinemia to prevent chronic bilirubin encephalopathy: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. 26 Sep 2009
• Executive physicals: what's the ROI? 30 Aug 2009
• Prevent Alzheimer's disease by 2020: a national strategic goal. 27 Feb 2009
• Commentary on "a roadmap for the prevention of dementia II. Leon Thal Symposium 2008." Primary prevention of dementia in Alzheimer's disease: a perspective from prevention research in cardiovascular disease and stroke. 27 Feb 2009
• Dissemination research in cancer control: where are we and where should we go? 16 Feb 2009
• [Acute coronary syndromes without ST segment elevation] 30 Jan 2009
• [Management of hypertension (ESC Guideline 2007/DHL Guideline 2008)] 30 Jan 2009
• [Guidelines -- substitute textbook guidelines for daily or limited use?] 30 Jan 2009
• [Antimicrobial prophylaxis to prevent endocarditis: what has changed?] 30 Jan 2009
• Treatment of chronic CAD--do the guidelines (ESC, AHA) reflect daily practice? 30 Jan 2009
• Cardiovascular prevention in clinical practice (ESC and German guidelines 2007). 30 Jan 2009
• [ESC/EASD joint guidelines on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases] 30 Jan 2009
• [Should the prevention of obesity be a task for medical practitioners?] 27 Jan 2009
• Achieving high performance preventive care. The Commonwealth Fund's five strategies aim to realize comprehensive performance improvement. 30 Dec 2008
• Storm over statins--the controversy surrounding pharmacologic treatment of children. 23 Sep 2008
• New European recommendations (European League Against Rheumatism 2008) for the management of lupus erythematosus: American perspective. 29 Jun 2008
• [Defining an ethics for preventive trials] 30 Mar 2008
• Prevention of prostate cancer: what we know and where we are going. 27 Feb 2008

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Technical information about 'Preventive Medicine'

Definition: A medical specialty primarily concerned with prevention of disease (PRIMARY PREVENTION) and the promotion and preservation of health in the individual.

Descriptor UI: D011315

Alternative terms: Preventive Medicine; Medicine, Preventive;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Promotion; Preventive Health Services; Public Health;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.630;

Technical Notes: SPEC only: SPEC qualif; for specific disease, use /prev: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.58; primary prev = PRIMARY PREVENTION, secondary prev = diag & ther, tertiary prev = REHABILITATION; DF: PREV MED