Obesity must be considered a real pathology. In the world wide, obesity represent one of the
major public health issue associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Overweight or …

Overuse, which is defined as the provision of medical services that are more likely to cause
harm than good, is a pervasive problem. Direct measurement of overuse through …

Importance Using the same level of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) to define
chronic kidney disease (CKD) regardless of patient age may classify many elderly people …

Medicine has been personal long before the concept of “personalized medicine” became
popular. Health professionals have always taken into consideration the individual …

Background Abdominal aortic aneurysm is the only cardiovascular disease targeted by
population screening. In this study, we test the effect of screening and subsequent …

Breast cancer mortality is declining in most high-income countries. The role of
mammography screening in these declines is much debated. Screening impacts cancer …

Overdiagnosis, is defined as the diagnosis of a condition that, if unrecognized, would not
cause symptoms or harm a patient during his or her lifetime, and it is increasingly …

Setting a research agenda for medical overuse Page 1 Setting a research agenda for
medical overuse Although overuse in medicine is gaining increased attention, many …

Importance The incidence of detected thyroid cancer cases has been increasing in the
United States since 1975. The majority of thyroid cancers are differentiated cancers with …

Clinical practice varies—some is excellent, delivering high quality care, improving health
outcomes, and representing excellent value for money. But research over the past two …