An evidence-based, patient-centered approach is the best way to convince colleagues accustomed to older practice methods of the value of instituting cost-effective screening practices.

Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of acute lower back pain.

A medical student’s desire to practice the specialty that he or she finds most interesting should not outweigh the right of patients in a pluralistic society to receive a full range of legal medical services.

There is a market for direct-to-consumer genetic testing and a need for better consumer information and more regulation of tests and testing laboratories.

Physicians have knowledge and skill gaps in their ability to manage the care of families with gene-related illness.

U.S. and international medical organizations recommend against testing children for genetic diseases that occur after adolescence and for which no prevention or treatment is available.

U.S. and international medical organizations recommend against testing children for genetic diseases that occur after adolescence and for which no prevention or treatment is available.

U.S. and international medical organizations recommend against testing children for genetic diseases that occur after adolescence and for which no prevention or treatment is available.

When a child is being considered for adoption, the guidelines for genetic testing should be the same as for other children.

Research questions must be answered to inform policy decisions about the hereditary diseases and conditions for which newborns should be tested.