Annals of internal medicine
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Practice Guideline
Screening for suicide risk in adolescents, adults, and older adults in primary care: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.
Update of the 2004 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for suicide risk. ⋯ The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for suicide risk in adolescents, adults, and older adults in a primary care setting. (I statement).
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Childhood cancer survivors treated with cardiotoxic therapies are recommended to have routine cardiac assessment every 1 to 5 years, but the long-term benefits are uncertain. ⋯ Current recommendations for cardiac assessment may reduce CHF incidence, but less frequent assessment may be preferable.
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The findings of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) estrogen plus progestin (E+P) trial led to a substantial reduction in use of combined hormone therapy (cHT) among postmenopausal women in the United States. The economic effect of this shift has not been evaluated relative to the trial's $260 million cost (2012 U.S. dollars). ⋯ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.