March 15, 2013

Articles

Preoperative Testing Before Noncardiac Surgery: Guidelines and Recommendations
Molly A. Feely; C. Scott Collins; Paul R. Daniels; Esayas B. Kebede; Aminah Jatoi; Karen F. Mauck

Managing Difficult Encounters: Understanding Physician, Patient, and Situational Factors
Rosemarie Cannarella Lorenzetti; C. H. Mitch Jacques; Carolyn Donovan; Scott Cottrell; Joy Buck

Evaluation of Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Kathy Bull-Henry; Firas H. Al-Kawas

Departments

Keeping Up to Date

POEMs

Daily Multivitamins Have Minimal, if Any, Effect on Preventing Cancer in Men and Do Not Affect Mortality
David C. Slawson

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Menopausal Hormone Therapy for the Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions: Recommendation Statement

Clinical Evidence Handbook

Kidney Stones
Timothy Y. Tseng; Glenn M. Preminger

Practice Guidelines

IDSA Releases Guidelines for Management of Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
Mara Lambert

Answering Clinical Questions

Putting Prevention into Practice

Menopausal Hormone Therapy for the Primary Prevention of Chronic Conditions
Aileen Buckler; Jameson Voss

FPIN's Clinical Inquiries

Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Kelly Bossenbroek Fedoriw; Katherine Rickett

Photo Quiz

Enlarging Mass on the Back
Terrell Benold; Tongny Wilfried Foadey

CME Quiz

Commentary

AFP Journal Club

Does Screening Mammography Lead to Overdiagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer?
Jill Endres; Mark A. Graber; Deborah Dowell

Editorials

Using Mindfulness Techniques to Improve Difficult Clinical Encounters
Osman N. Sanyer; Katherine Fortenberry

Medicine and Society

AAFP News: AFP Edition

AAFP News Now: AFP Edition

Reader Services

CME Course Information

Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary

Strength-of-Recommendation Taxonomy in AFP

Classified Information