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Most primary care providers consider advanced medical imaging to be of considerable value for patient care

Most PCPs Consider Advanced Imaging of Value to Patient Care

Docs whose careers predate proliferation of imaging assign higher value to advanced imaging
Two studies published in the January/February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine evaluate the tools available for diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Studies Highlight Tools for Diagnosis of COPD

Tools include FEV1/FVC and laryngeal height plus Lung Function Questionnaire
Parents might order fewer calories for their children if menus included calorie counts or information on how much walking would be required to burn off the calories in foods

Menu Calorie Data May Prompt Parents to Encourage Exercise

Info about minutes or miles of activity required to burn off calories may be most helpful
Use of morphine post-tonsillectomy should be limited

Morphine Linked With Adverse Outcomes Post-Tonsillectomy

Research suggests children with obstructive sleep apnea should not be given morphine for post-op pain
Marijuana shouldn't be legalized because of the potential harm it can cause children and adolescents

AAP Opposes Legalization of Marijuana

But supports compassionate use for children with debilitating, terminal illnesses
The 2015 recommended childhood and adolescence immunization schedules have been approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical organizations

AAP Approves 2015 Vaccine Schedule for Children, Teens

Minor changes from 2014 format include footnotes; extensive revision to meningococcal footnote
Viruses may play a role in inflammatory bowel diseases

Viruses Implicated in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

More research is needed to define what role they play, researcher says
Preoperative back pain and individual pain sensitivity can predict postoperative pain following lumbar surgery

Pre-Op Back Pain, Pain Sensitivity Predict Outcomes

Findings in a group of patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis
High penicillin G prescribing may lead to an altered level of resistance in the commensal viridans group streptococci population

High Penicillin Prescribing Could Build Reservoirs of Resistance

Significant difference in minimum inhibitory concentration for high, low prescribers of penicillin G
For patients with head and neck cancers undergoing radiation therapy

Exercise Regimen Beneficial in Head, Neck CA Radiation Tx

Significant benefits of exercise regimen in reducing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement