The New England journal of medicine
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More than 40 medical specialties have identified "Choosing Wisely" lists of five overused or low-value services. But these services vary widely in potential impact on care and spending, and specialty societies often name other specialties' services as low value.
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Case Reports Interactive Tutorial
Interactive medical case: wasting away.
This interactive feature presents the case of a 40-year-old woman with pain, weakness, and poor oral intake. She had had a gradual onset of bilateral flank pain spreading to her lower back, abdomen, and extremities. Test your diagnostic and therapeutic skills at NEJM.org.
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Despite knowing that heart disease kills more women each year than all cancers combined, most women fear breast cancer far more - and their health-related behavior reflects this difference. If our sense of risk is less about fact than about feeling, how do we adjust it?