Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Priority maintenance

Rationale: why prioritise certain medical articles?

Medical articles that contain material on screening are a priority to keep as accurate and as up-to-date as possible. The reason being that people will look up this sort of information before they decide to see a doctor, and hence no doctor has had a chance to talk to and inform them about treatment.

Over-the-counter medications pose a similar problem in that these can be bought at a chemist/drugstore and used with no involvement of health staff.

A person inquiring about prescription-only medications or surgical procedures must (by default) see a medical practitioner, hence that doctor will discuss that with the patient.

Articles with population-based screening

• Autism - needs rechecking as of February 2018
• Breast cancer - screening section out of date (refs from 2011-12)
• Cardiovascular disease - needs rechecking as of February 2018
• Cervical screening
• Coeliac disease - needs rechecking as of February 2018 updated March 2018. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:40, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Colorectal cancer - screening section out of date (refs from 2010-14)
• Diabetes mellitus type 2 - needs rechecking as of February 2018
• Hepatitis C - needs rechecking as of February 2018
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Hypertension
• Lead poisoning - needs rechecking as of February 2018
• Lung cancer - screening section out of date (refs from 2013-14)
• Obesity - needs rechecking as of February 2018
• Pap test screening section out of date (refs from 2003 (!))

Well then, it really shouldn't be a B class article. Barbara (WVS) ✐  ✉

• Pancreatic cancer - needs rechecking as of February 2018 refs predominantly from 2014. Google search as of March 2018 reveals no major updates. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:48, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Prostate cancer - has stalled, also has daughter article Prostate cancer screening.
• Thyroid cancer
• Vaccination schedule/Immunizations

Over-the-counter medications

• aspirin - unchecked
• Ibuprofen - unchecked

Started some cleanup but more is needed. There are a lot of old references (some from the 1980s yikes!). TylerDurden8823 (talk) 13:58, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

• Paracetamol - unchecked

one ref from 2018, one ref from 2017 -Barbara (WVS) ✐  ✉

• Cough medicine
• Antacids