Common Sense Family Doctor

If you are a lifelong heavy smoker age 55 years or older, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force believes that screening for lung cancer wi...

A few days ago I was reminiscing about my family medicine residency, where at one of my outpatient training sites I provided care to Amish p...

On the first day of the clinical preventive medicine course that I teach every spring, I review the concept of lead-time bias and its potent...

In the July 1st issue of American Family Physician , Dr. Janelle Guirguis-Blake commented on a Cochrane Review  that found no benefits from ...

Elisabeth Rosenthal's New York Times story  on the staggering costs of maternity care in the U.S. featured a short interview with my wi...

During my family medicine training, I was taught about the importance of risk factor assessment in deciding what screening tests to order fo...