Mixed Topics
News
Study of beliefs about what causes cancer sparks debate
The authors set out to evaluate “the patterns of beliefs about cancer among people who believed in conspiracies, rejected the COVID-19 vaccine, or...
News
Genetic test identifies parental source of cancer variant
Directing cascade genetic testing to one side of the family could speed time to diagnosis of more carriers.
News
Bad breath? Mouthwash is out. Yogurt is in.
Plus back-to-back bacteria: The fermented way to fight halitosis, and the efficient way to gain weight.
News
New test that detects 14 cancers focuses on sugars, not DNA
“The main advantage of glycosaminoglycans appears to be that they change in the blood and urine at the earliest stages of cancer.”
Commentary
Mindfulness, exercise strike out in memory trial
Meditation and exercise do not appear to be the fountain of youth.
News
Cancer researcher banned from federal funding for faking data in nearly 400 images in 16 grant applications
The former basic medical sciences professor will be banned from receiving federal grants for a decade.
Original Research
A Novel Text Message Protocol to Improve Bowel Preparation for Outpatient Colonoscopies in Veterans
The current gold standard for screening for colorectal cancer is colonoscopy, a procedure that depends on the quality of bowel preparation. In...
Commentary
Doctors of Virtue and Vice: The Best and Worst of Federal Practice in 2023
Regular readers of Federal Practitioner may recall that I have had a tradition of dedicating the last column of the year to an ethics...
Program Profile
Improving Patient Access to the My HealtheVet Electronic Patient Portal for Veterans
The US Department of Veterans Affairs My HealtheVet (MHV) patient portal is a secure online tool that provides patients access to personal...
News
Have you heard of VEXAS syndrome?
The prevalence of this syndrome is unknown, but it is not so rare.