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Ovarian low malignant potential tumors treatment includes surgery only for early stage and surgery with chemotherapy for advanced stage disease. Get detailed treatment information in this summary for clinicians.

Effective communication in cancer care between the health care team, cancer patients, and their family is important. Learn about communication skills that support a patient-centered practice and how to talk with adults and children about their diagnosis, prognosis, and transition to end-of-life care in this expert-reviewed summary.

Find out what multivitamin/mineral supplements are, what they do in your body, and about multivitamin/mineral supplements.

Jenine K. Harris, PhD1, Raed Mansour, MS2, Bechara Choucair, MD2, Joe Olson3, Cory Nissen, MS3, Jay Bhatt, DO2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

You’ve probably heard of fibromyalgia, but you may not know what it is. Fibromyalgia is a long-term (chronic) pain condition that affects 5 million or more Americans ages 18 and older. For unknown reasons, most people diagnosed with fibromyalgia are women, although men and children also can be affected. People with certain disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus, may also have fibromyalgia, which can affect their disease course and treatment.

You may have heard of psoriasis, but do you know what it is? Psoriasis is a long-term, or chronic, skin disorder that affects more than 6.7 million U.S. adults. Symptoms can vary, but it’s usually recognized by itchy or sore patches of thick, red skin with silvery scales. There’s currently no cure, but treatment often helps...

There is no quick fix for losing weight. The key is to focus on small, healthy changes that you can stick with for the rest of your life.

Not all smokers receive tobacco cessation advice from health care providers (HCPs) and, although factors associated with receiving HCP advice to quit smoking and the effectiveness of such advice have been examined, no recent study has explored differences between types of HCPs (eg, physicians vs dentists). Our objective was to determine the prevalence of HCP-delivered advice and the characteristics of patients who receive advice to quit smoking from any HCP and, separately, from a physician or a dentist.

This is another in a series of occasional MMWR reports titled CDC Grand Rounds. These reports are based on grand rounds presentations at CDC on high-profile issues in public health science, practice, and policy. Information about CDC Grand Rounds is available at http://www.

Michele C. Hlavsa, MPH1, Trisha J. Robinson, MPH2, Sarah A.