Disease relevance of Societies

• Screening is endorsed by most professional organizations, including the US Preventive Services Task Force. While most hearing loss in older adults is sensorineural and due to presbycusis, cerumen impaction and chronic otitis media may be present in up to 30% of elderly patients with hearing loss and can be treated by the primary care clinician [1].
• After outlining the discrepancies and lack of consensus between measurement guidelines developed by different professional organizations, the author then reviews options for treating postprandial hyperglycemia, including prepackaged meals, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, acarbose therapy, and fast-acting insulin preparations [2].
• BACKGROUND: The net benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test are uncertain, and professional organizations recommend that physicians discuss these uncertainties with patients before initiating screening [3].

Psychiatry related information on Societies

• This article reviews 12 criminal cases in the United States in which Prozac victimization is a salient theme, and it calls for mental health professional organizations to intervene in a growing legal conundrum [4].

High impact information on Societies

• METHODS: We identified, through a MEDLINE search (from January 1990 to May 1999) and contacts with experts and professional organizations, the CPGs for the overall management of COPD [5].
• The AABB, American Society for Quality Control, the American Society for Training and Development, and numerous other professional organizations can contribute information and materials [6].
• Members of the Western Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association, a professional organization of OM specialists, completed a postal questionnaire (160 of 561 members) [7].
• Formal consultation processes at both regional and national level were used to obtain recommendations for HTA from the NHS, patient and professional organizations, including the British Nuclear Medicine Society and European Association of Nuclear Medicine (BNMS and the EANM) [8].
• Some standards for hematopoietic progenitor processing have recently been issued by professional organizations [9].

Biological context of Societies

• Dental public health authorities must work with toothpaste manufacturers, professional organizations, and regulatory agencies to facilitate the approval and marketing of such pediatric fluoride toothpastes [10].

Associations of Societies with chemical compounds

• International standards of safe practice recommend that this physics expert be authorised by a Regulatory Authority (in consultation with the professional organization) [11].

Gene context of Societies

• Throughout the recent past, the evolution of ADHD as a disability label or category has been driven primarily by the development of a series of diagnostic manuals by a professional organization (i.e., American Psychiatric Association) [12].
• Third, we must begin to explore new initiatives where professional organizations and associations such as the AAS can reach out to these young trainees and help them realize early on the advantages and gratification of a career in academic surgery [13].
• Sign up! There's a nursing organization to match your needs. ANA: the professional organization [14].
• These are not formally endorsed by any professional organizations (e.g., APA, AAPB) at this time [15].
• Applying the triad of education, professional organizations, and service, there are many ways to develop as a forensic odontologist [16].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Societies

• Prostate cancer screening with digital rectal examination (DRE) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is recommended by several professional organizations [17].
• The transition to an all-digital echocardiographic laboratory has been slow despite the advantages of digital echocardiography, the dramatic improvement in computer technology, and the acceptance by all major vendors and professional organizations of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine image-formatting standard [18].

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