Decision Aids Minimize Complexities of PSA Test
Decision aids are important tools in ensuring patients understand the medical choices they face. Our decision aid "Is a PSA Test Right for You?", takes a look at the same medical evidence that the U.S....
View ArticleNew Study Shows Patients Know Little About Conservative Treatment Options for...
Nine out of 10 Medicare patients who received a stent procedure for coronary disease report that their physicians did not present them with the non-invasive alternative of managing their condition with...
View ArticlePSA Testing: Dr. Barry and Dr. McNaughton-Collins Voice their Opinions on NPR...
The debate over the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) final recommendation on PSA testing continued this week. Michael Barry, president of the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation and...
View ArticleThe Road Less Traveled: A Personal Decision to Choose Active Surveillance
In June 2008, as part of my annual physical at age 61, my physician gave me a digital rectal exam. He felt a lump on my prostate that he felt needed further evaluation so he referred me to an...
View ArticleAmerican College of Physicians Endorses Shared Decision Making Approach for...
In a guidance statement published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) joined the heated discussion on PSA testing by endorsing a shared decision making...
View ArticleAre We Expecting Too Much From Shared Decision Making?
Steven Katz and Sarah Hawley of the University of Michigan authored a Viewpoint in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association asking if we are “expecting too much” by suggesting that...
View ArticleWhat’s Up with the Stache?
The month of November has just begun and so has the sprouting of mustaches. The mustaches aren’t necessarily a response to the colder weather, but a sign that “Movember” is here — a month dedicated to...
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