Kenneth W Lin

Jan 15, 2025 | aafp.org | Kenneth W Lin

Am Fam Physician. 2025;111(1):10-11 An audio version of this AFP editorial is available on the AAFP audio app. Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships. From 2012 to 2018, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against performing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer screening (D grade).

Nov 27, 2024 | mdedge.com | Kenneth W Lin

It has been three and a half years since the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lowered the age to start colorectal cancer (CRC) screening from 50 to 45. As I mentioned in a previous commentary, two major medical groups — the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians — felt that the evidence was insufficient to support this change. Did doctors adjust their screening practices? A recent study suggests that they have.

Nov 19, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Jennifer Jonsson |John Corsino |Kenneth W Lin

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!We sit down with psychiatrist Morgan Hardy to explore the complex rise in adult ADHD diagnoses. Morgan shares insights on the growing demand for ADHD evaluations, the impact of social and environmental factors, and the fine line between appropriate treatment and overdiagnosis.

Nov 6, 2024 | mdedge.com | Kenneth W Lin

Hi, everyone. I’m Dr. Kenny Lin. I am a family physician and associate director of the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency, and I blog at Common Sense Family Doctor. For the past 4 years, primary care clinicians have labored under a seemingly endless onslaught of bad news. A recent report estimated that there were over 1.3 million excess deaths in the United States from March 2020 to May 2023, including nearly half a million Americans younger than age 65.

Aug 20, 2024 | mdedge.com | Kenneth W Lin

Publish date: August 20, 2024 An estimated 450,000 US deaths are expected this year from conditions attributed to cigarette smoking. Although the percentage of adults who smoke declined from 21% in 2005 to 11% in 2022, the annual death toll has been stable since 2005 and isn’t expected to decline until 2030, owing to an aging population of current and former smokers.