Antibiotics for Your Skin (AAD)

Antibiotics for Your Skin (AAD) Campaign Series: Choosing Wisely Medical Category: Drugs Article Type: Advice Language: Plain English, Spanish Affiliation: American Academy of Dermatology Format: HTML, PDF Most recent update: 08/05/2022 Skin problems can sometimes look like infections, especially if they’re red, swollen, or tender. So it might seem like treating them with antibiotics is a good idea. But some skin problems…

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I Didn’t Know That Antibiotics Shouldn’t Always be Used to Treat Bronchitis

I have asthma, so over the years, I’ve had a tendency to get bronchitis two to three times per year. Whenever it got bad enough, I was prescribed antibiotics. I recall being told that there was a danger of the bronchitis turning into pneumonia, so I was only too happy to take the antibiotics. In 2015,…

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Lab Tests Before Surgery

Lab Tests Before Surgery When you need them—and when you don’t <PDF versions If you’re going to have surgery, you may have blood and urine tests first. These tests may be helpful if you have certain health conditions or diseases. For example, if you have a blood-clotting problem, a test can show if you’re…

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The Employers’ Toolkit Campaign

From Consumer Reports and the Choosing Wisely campaign Click the tabs at left for more information on taking charge of your own healthcare. For more resources for employees, visit Making Healthy Choices. Articles from your employer Caring for Others: Tips to Help You and Your Loved Ones When caring for someone, it’s important to build a relationship with his or…

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Treating Sinusitis (AAAAI)

Treating Sinusitis (AAAAI) Campaign Series: Choosing Wisely Medical Category: Drugs Article Type: Advice Language: Plain English, Spanish Affiliation: American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Format: HTML, PDF Most recent update: 09/26/2016 Millions of people are prescribed antibiotics each year for sinusitis, a frequent complication of the common cold, hay fever, and other respiratory allergies. Unfortunately, most of those people probably don’t…

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Supplements for Osteoarthritis (AAOS)

Supplements for Osteoarthritis (AAOS) Campaign Series: Choosing Wisely Medical Category: Drugs Article Type: Advice Language: Plain English, Spanish Affiliation: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Format: PDF Most recent update: 03/10/2021 Many people with osteoarthritis have knee pain. They often try over-the-counter treatments -- chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine -- to help the pain, and to avoid knee surgery. But these popular supplements don’t…

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‘Choosing Wisely’ Guides Our Conversations and Decisions

Primary Care and Internal Medicine, New York Choosing Wisely has a presence in our office, helping to guide our conversations and decisions. When I walk into an exam room and see a patient reading one of the Consumer Reports “5 Questions” posters, it opens the door for an easy conversation about Choosing Wisely and the overall concept…

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Response from Consumer Reports to recent media coverage of health plans in Choosing Wisely

Consumer Reports wants to clarify its role in the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign, as well as its recent work with health plans. Choosing Wisely was conceived by ABIM Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advances professionalism in medicine, as an initiative to encourage conversations between patients and physicians about what tests, treatments, and procedures to question…

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Treating Asthma

Campaign Series: Best Buy Drugs: Fact Sheets Medical Category: Drugs Article Type: Advice Language: Plain English, Spanish Affiliation: National Center for Farmworker Health Format: PDF Most recent update: 03/06/2022 This fact sheet will provide you with important information on the types of medicine used to treat asthma. Files to download Plain English: Treating Asthma → Spanish: Controlando sus Síntomas del Asma…

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The National Church Residences Campaign

The National Church Residences Campaign Excellence That Transforms Lives Welcome Tests and Treatments Antibiotics and Prescription Drugs Home and Hospital Care Welcome National Church Residences is committed to excellence that transforms the lives of the people it serves. The not-for-profit organization is an innovative leader in integrating housing, health care and supportive…

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