Objective Focus groups involving US women aged 40–49 were conducted to identify women’s attitudes towards the 2024 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) mammography guideline, particul...

This Viewpoint discusses how leadership and structural changes at the US Preventive Services Task Force could affect clinicians’ access to evidence-based recommendations and therefore the health of US...

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This study within a trial compares a lower-cost, ambient-light, nonpolarized dermatoscope with a higher-cost, illuminated, polarized dermatoscope for patient-performed teledermoscopy following treatme...

The objective of this study is to elaborate an overall concept of addressing uncertainty in clinical practice that covers a series of specific characteristics. To do so, a conceptual engineering appro...

Rationale Uncertainty comes in many kinds, is ubiquitous in all parts of clinical work, and is burdensome to physicians, patients, proxies and policy makers. Moreover, it leads to a range of adverse...

Despite extensive guidelines, the readability of health information remains poor. This study addresses a persistent explanatory gap by shifting the fo…

This study reexamines patient–provider communication difficulties that have traditionally been attributed to patients’ low health literacy, highlighti…

The past four decades have witnessed a marked increase in melanoma diagnoses, particularly early-stage disease, without proportional decreases in melanoma mortality - a pattern seen across multiple ca...

As teachers, one of the most rewarding parts of our job is helping every student thrive, especially when it comes to something as foundational as reading.

Learn how the InFORMed PICF template helps researchers create clear, participant-centred consent forms that support informed participation and provide participants with choices about future data sharing for health and medical research.

Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.

Digital reminders are widely used in clinical trials, but their design is rarely evidence-based. We evaluated the effectiveness of two types of digita…

Australian pharmacies now offer rapid tests for perimenopause, iron, vitamin D levels and more. Experts weigh in on whether they’re worth using

Our multidisciplinary team is investigating how smartphone technologies can support melanoma patients to do skin self-checks, and photograph skin lesions for dermatology review, so that melanomas are ...

In 2024 the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) revised its breast cancer screening (BCS) guidelines to recommend that all women scr…