Pre-exercise screening: role of the primary care physician

Pre-exercise screening: role of the primary care physician

Participation in regular physical activity is associated with a multitude of benefits including a reduction in chronic disease and premature mortality, and improved quality of life. All segments of society need to collaborate with one another in an effort to promote active lives. The Israeli "Gymnasium Law" requires pre-exercise evaluation prior to exercise participation in a health club. Recen...

Second Primary Cancer Screening: Role of the Primary Care Physician

The role of the primary care physician.

Increased emphasis on community-based care of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and AIDS is recommended by the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Patients prefer to be treated within their community, and primary care reduces the demand on scarce, costly, and already overloaded hospital facilities. Thus, there is an increasingly large role for primary care physicians to play in t...

Screening for colorectal cancer: the role of the primary care physician

In recent years, the role of primary care physicians (PCPs) in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal disorders, including screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), has been recognized as very important. The available data indicate that PCPs are not adequately following CRC screening guidelines because a number of factors have been identified as significant barriers to the proper applica...

Dementia Screening Tools for the Primary Care Physician

Release Date: February 1, 2007 Expiration Date: April 30, 2007 Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour FULL DISCLOSURE POLICY AFFECTING CME ACTIVITIES As a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the policy of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to require the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any oth...