Research Scientist
Internal Medicine
Dr. Andrew L. Avins, MD
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Andrew L. Avins is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He studied medicine at University of California Irvine School of Medicine. University of California Irvine School of Medicine has a rank of 45 in research and a 62 in primary care Andrew Avins is a published doctor. He published 80 publications, including: 'Can unequal be more fair? Ethics, subject allocation, and randomised clinical trials.'
Publications
- Lumbar Imaging With Reporting Of Epidemiology (LIRE)-Protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial.
- Clinical decision rule for primary care patient with acute low back pain at risk of developing chronic pain.
- Association of early imaging for back pain with clinical outcomes in older adults.
- Can a back pain screening tool help classify patients with acute pain into risk levels for chronic pain?
- A randomized trial of epidural glucocorticoid injections for spinal stenosis.
- Safety and Toxicity of Saw palmetto in the Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Urological Symptoms (CAMUS) Trial.
- Placebo adherence and mortality in the heart and estrogen/progestin replacement study.
- The prognosis of acute low back pain in primary care in the United States: a 2-year prospective cohort study.
- Acute low back pain and primary care: how to define recovery and chronification?
- What do I tell patients about saw palmetto for benign prostatic hyperplasia?
- Audio recordings of mindfulness-based stress reduction training to improve cancer patients' mood and quality of life-a pilot feasibility study.
- Update on AUA Guideline on the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
- A comparison of two worlds: How does Bayes hold up to the status quo for the analysis of clinical trials?
- Placebo adherence and its association with morbidity and mortality in the studies of left ventricular dysfunction.
- Glucosamine and the ongoing enigma of chronic low back pain.
- Treatment expectations and preferences as predictors of outcome of acupuncture for chronic back pain.
- When clinical practice guidelines meet the black box.
- A randomized trial comparing acupuncture, simulated acupuncture, and usual care for chronic low back pain.
- Creating a culture of research.
- Saw palmetto and lower urinary tract symptoms: what is the latest evidence?
- Effect of intense lifestyle modification and cardiac rehabilitation on psychosocial cardiovascular disease risk factors and quality of life.
- Brief communication: Better ways to question patients about adverse medical events: a randomized, controlled trial.
- Saw palmetto for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Spontaneous bleeding associated with ginkgo biloba: a case report and systematic review of the literature: a case report and systematic review of the literature.
- Use of an embedded N-of-1 trial to improve adherence and increase information from a clinical study.
- Feasibility of conducting a clinical trial on Hatha yoga for chronic low back pain: methodological lessons.
- The influence of an intense cardiovascular disease risk factor modification program.
- Nonvitamin, nonmineral supplement use over a 12-month period by adult members of a large health maintenance organization.
- Cardiovascular risk reductions associated with aggressive lifestyle modification and cardiac rehabilitation.
- The PRIME curriculum. Clinical research training during residency.
- Undiagnosed HIV infection in acute care hospitals.
- Cost, uncertainty, and doctors' decisions. The case of thrombolytic therapy.
- Asymptomatic hypertriglyceridaemia.
- Screening for high cholesterol.
- The status of hypertriglyceridemia as a risk factor for coronary heart disease.
- To tell or not to tell: the ethical dilemmas of HIV test notification in epidemiologic research.
- Bayesian analysis and the GUSTO trial. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Occluded Arteries.
- Triglyceride concentration and coronary heart disease.
- Screening for human immunodeficiency virus antibody in urine.
- Levels of HIV testing and low validity of self-reported test results among alcoholics and drug users.
- The cost-effectiveness of voluntary counseling and testing of hospital inpatients for HIV infection.
- The cost-effectiveness of HIV testing of physicians and dentists in the United States.
- Do ratings on the American Board of Internal Medicine Resident Evaluation Form detect differences in clinical competence?
- HIV infection and risk behaviors among heterosexuals in alcohol treatment programs.
- Self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among family planning clients: ethnic differences in sexual risk behavior and HIV risk reduction.
- Joint effects of serum triglycerides and LDL and HDL cholesterol.
- A novel use of the link-file system for longitudinal studies of HIV infection: a practical solution to an ethical dilemma.
- Sexual risk and perception of risk for HIV infection among multiethnic family-planning clients.
- Reporting clinical trial results.
- Alcohol-related risk factors associated with HIV infection among patients entering alcoholism treatment: implications for prevention.
- Lowering risk without lowering cholesterol: implications for national cholesterol policy.
- Predictors of HIV-related risk behaviors among heterosexuals in alcoholism treatment.
- Changes in HIV-related behaviors among heterosexual alcoholics following addiction treatment.
- Case-finding instruments for depression. Two questions are as good as many.
- Hypertriglyceridemia and atherosclerosis.
- Improving the prediction of coronary heart disease to aid in the management of high cholesterol levels: what a difference a decade makes.
- Preventive health services and access to care for male veterans compared with their spouses.
- Effect of evaluator and resident gender on the American Board of Internal Medicine evaluation scores.
- Bundle-branch block and in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction. National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Investigators.
- Can unequal be more fair? Ethics, subject allocation, and randomised clinical trials.
- Effectiveness of a pharmacist-based gout care management programme in a large integrated health plan: results from a pilot study.
- An herb for every illness?
- HIV infection and risk behaviors in two cross-sectional surveys of heterosexuals in alcoholism treatment.
- Do triglycerides provide meaningful information about heart disease risk?
- Treatment of uninvestigated dyspepsia with cisapride for patients with negative Helicobacter pylori serologies.
- Chondroitin for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip.
- Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic low back pain: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
- Initial experience with a group presentation of study results to research participants.
- Hepatic effects of lovastatin exposure in patients with liver disease: a retrospective cohort study.
- A detailed safety assessment of a saw palmetto extract.
- A novel clinical-trial design for the study of massage therapy.
- Effect of increasing doses of saw palmetto extract on lower urinary tract symptoms: a randomized trial.
- Performance of the American Urological Association Symptom Index with and without an additional urge incontinence item.
- Randomised trial comparing hand expression with breast pumping for mothers of term newborns feeding poorly.
- Characteristics of patients with chronic back pain who benefit from acupuncture.
- Comparing recruitment strategies in a study of acupuncture for chronic back pain.
- Redesigning a large-scale clinical trial in response to negative external trial results: the CAMUS study of phytotherapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Clinical-trial regulation.
- Patients' attitudes about the use of placebo treatments: telephone survey.
Schools
University of California At Irvine California College of Medicine amp Surgery
Kaiser Fdn Hospital
Harvard University
Va Med Center
Uc San Francisco
Doctors Specialties
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Education
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Kaiser Permanente Medical Center -
University of California Irvine School of Medicine
Hospital
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San Francisco VA Medical Center
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