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Family Practice News
Volume 38, Issue 24, Pages 1-35 (15 December 2008)
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Folic Acid In Utero Cuts Heart Defects free full text
BRUCE JANCIN
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Vital Signs: Medical School Enrollment Up Nearly 2% in 2008
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New Cardiovascular Risk Score Adds C-Reactive Protein: Critics still support Framingham score. free full text
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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More FPs Offer Vaccines to Adults; Cost Is Main Barrier free full text
HEIDI SPLETE
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Insurance Industry Proposes Quid Pro Quo
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
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New & Approved


Apidra, Acanya Gel
DAMIAN MCNAMARA
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Opinion

Guest Editorial


Imagining Life on JUPITER
PETER W.F. WILSON
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Letters
Kenneth B. Kochmann
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Cardiovascular Medicine


Hospitalizations Soar for CHD in Adult Patients
Bruce Jancin
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Impotence May Predict Peripheral Arterial Disease
HEIDI SPLETE
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Hospitalizations For Heart Failure Surge by 230%
Bruce Jancin
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Metabolic Disorders


Inflammation Drives Up Risk of PAD in Women
BRUCE JANCIN
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CVD Linked to Diabetes, Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Older Adults
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
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Rosiglitazone Risks Outpace Pioglitazone's in the Elderly
MARY ANN MOON
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Common Symptoms Could Mask Hypothyroidism
DOUG BRUNK
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Weekly Dose of Levothyroxine Is Safe, Preferred
Bruce Jancin
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Infectious Diseases


UTIs Recur Despite Prophylactic Antibiotic Use
MICHELE G. SULLIVAN
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Flu Shot a Hard Sell to Some Parents of Kids With Asthma
SUSAN LONDON
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Flu Shot May Protect Against VTE
BRUCE JANCIN
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Mental Health


Auditory Processing Delays May Explain Autism
PATRICE WENDLING
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Sodium Valproate Exposure In Utero Linked to Autism Risk
ELIZABETH MECHCATIE
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Returning Vets and Families Battle Host of Issues
ALICIA AULT
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Skin Disorders


FDA Panel Gives Nod to MRSA Antimicrobial
ELIZABETH MECHCATIE
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Women's Health


History, Physical Key in Chronic Pelvic Pain Dx
NANCY WALSH
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CDC: Assisted Reproduction May Elevate Birth Defects Risk
SHARON WORCESTER
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Simvastatin Trumps Metformin For Menses Regularity in PCOS
SHARON WORCESTER
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Musculoskeletal Disorders


Novel Procedure Relieves Pain in Plantar Fasciitis
PATRICE WENDLING
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Panel Backs Febuxostat Despite Cardiovascular Safety Concerns
ELIZABETH MECHCATIE
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Digestive Disorders


High ALT in Obese Kids Is Not Always Fatty Liver
DAMIAN MCNAMARA
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Rise in ALT After Weight Loss Is No Cause for Alarm
Jane Salodof MacNeil
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Pulmonary Medicine


Immunotherapy Cuts Allergic Rhinitis Costs
SUSAN LONDON
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Clinical Guidelines For Family Physicians


Adult Rhinosinusitis
NEIL S. SKOLNIK, MERCEDES A. TIMKO
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Uncontrolled Asthma Shown Common in Primary Care
SUSAN LONDON
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Clinical Rounds


Statins Fail to Slow Kidney Disease Progression
NANCY WALSH
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Practice Trends

The Office


Don't Keep Your Patients Waiting
JOSEPH S. EASTERN
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Primary Care Doctors Are Disgruntled, Mull Leaving
JANE ANDERSON
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Federation of State Medical Boards Eyes Relicensing Policy
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
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Policy & Practice
Jane Anderson
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The Rest of Your Life


After Cancer, a Second Act
Doug Brunk
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Indications


Indications
Richard Franki
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