• Does tamoxifen prevent breast cancer? 

    Meriwether, Rebecca A. (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2001)
    Tamoxifen prevents breast cancer in women older than 60 years and in younger women with equally high risk because of breast disease and reproductive and family history, but there is no current evidence for or against ...
  • What are the benefits of treating sleep apnea? 

    Tipton, John W. (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2001)
    There is little benefit to treating patients with sleep apnea who do not have daytime sleepiness. For patients with symptoms, treating those with moderate to severe sleep apnea is more reliably associated with benefits ...
  • What is the best approach to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis? 

    Schwartz, Kendra (Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2001)
    Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have demonstrated decreased vertebral and nonvertebral fracture rates in postmenopausal osteoporotic women taking a bisphosphonate (alendronate or risedronate). Hormone replacement therapy ...