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FP Launches Patient Advocacy Enterprise KATHRYN DEMOTT page 1 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (222 KB)
Analgesics With Propoxyphene May Head Off Market: FDA panel discouraged chronic use. ELIZABETH MECHCATIE page 1 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (177 KB)
SCHIP Gets Reauthorized; Nearly 11 Million Covered MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER pages 1-2 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (196 KB)
Vital Signs: The Nation's Health Care Dollar: Where It Went in 2007 page 2 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (116 KB)
News from the FDA
Alert Issued on Using Topical Anesthetic During Tests Elizabeth Mechcatie page 4 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (85 KB)
Topical Gets Approved For Psoriasis DAMIAN MCNAMARA page 4 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (85 KB)
Infant Suffocation Deaths Rise, SIDS Drops HEIDI SPLETE page 5 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (318 KB)
Opinion
Editorial
Time for Hard Choices ROBERT LASZEWSKI page 6 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
Expert Commentary
This Flu Season's Curveballs CHRISTOPHER J. HARRISON page 6 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
Correction page 6 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
Cardiovascular Medicine
FDA Cardiology Drugs Panel Backs Prasugrel ELIZABETH MECHCATIE page 7 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (236 KB)
Treadmill Walking Offers Means to Improve PAD MARY ANN MOON pages 8-9 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (217 KB)
AAA Screening Advised for Some Over 59 Patrice Wendling page 8 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (136 KB)
Infectious Diseases
Chemo Offers No Reason to Skip the Flu Shot SUSAN LONDON page 10 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (123 KB)
Study Challenges Advice on First Febrile Seizure DIANA MAHONEY page 11 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (214 KB)
HHS Sets Infection-Control Goals for Hospitals MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER page 12 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (118 KB)
Pediatric MRSA Infections Soar Mary Ann Moon page 12 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (118 KB)
Metabolic Disorders
Bisphosphonates Tied to Cancer, Osteonecrosis DAMIAN MCNAMARA page 13 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (72 KB)
Vitamin D Deficiency Affects Type 1 Youth HEIDI SPLETE page 13 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (72 KB)
Older Black Women Do Have Osteoporosis Heidi Splete page 13 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (72 KB)
Diabetics Wary of Harm From Treatment MIRIAM E. TUCKER page 14 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (106 KB)
Clinical Guidelines for Family Physicians
Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes NEIL SKOLNIK, MACKENZIE MADY page 14 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (106 KB)
Treating Mild Gestational Diabetes Cuts Risks DOUG BRUNK page 16 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (178 KB)
Mental Health
Acupuncture Improves Symptoms of PTSD PATRICE WENDLING page 17 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
Depression Treatment Lacks Intensity for Some HEIDI SPLETE page 17 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
PTSD Tied To Metabolic Issues in Vets MICHELE G. SULLIVAN page 17 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Two-Minute Screen Identifies Psoriatic Arthritis DAMIAN MCNAMARA page 18 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (105 KB)
Arthroscopy Adds Little to Acute Swollen Knee Evaluations MICHELE G. SULLIVAN page 18 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (105 KB)
Women's Health
Coordinating Care for Breast Cancer Pays Off SHARON WORCESTER page 19 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (483 KB)
Pediatric Cancer Survivors Lack Mammography MARY ANN MOON page 20 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1004 KB)
Physical Health Plays Into Breast Cancer Survival Kerri Wachter page 20 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1004 KB)
Pulmonary Medicine
Hay Fever in Kids Responds to Immunotherapy DOUG BRUNK page 21 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (155 KB)
Exercise-Induced SOB in Kids Not Always Asthma DIANA MAHONEY page 22 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (116 KB)
Obesity
Lifestyle Trumps Bariatric Surgery in Long Term MICHELE G. SULLIVAN page 23 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (231 KB)
Digestive Disorders
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Challenges Persist NANCY WALSH page 24 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (104 KB)
Seven-Item Survey Measures Gluten-Free Diet Adherence DAMIAN MCNAMARA page 24 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (104 KB)
Score Distinguishes Appendicitis in Children DAMIAN MCNAMARA page 25 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (196 KB)
Skin Disorders
Risk From Topical Tretinoin Use Still Debatable MARY ANN MOON page 26 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Online Skin Term Dictionary May Facilitate Payment ALICIA AULT page 26 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Jury Out on Screening for Skin Cancer in Primary Care Setting KERRI WACHTER page 26 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Clinical Rounds
Experts Split on Oversight of Diagnostic Tests MITCHEL L. ZOLER page 28 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (83 KB)
Practice Trends
HHS Finalizes Plans for Transition to ICD-10 MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER page 29 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (74 KB)
Policy & Practice Jane Anderson page 29 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (73 KB)
The Rest of your Life
The Doctor Will Laugh With You Now pages 30-31 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (348 KB)
Online Tool May Help Revive Family History HEIDI SPLETE page 37 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (89 KB)
The Office
Protect Your Data! JOSEPH S. EASTERN page 37 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (89 KB)
Cancer Survivors Forgo Care Because of Cost PATRICE WENDLING page 38 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (156 KB)
Indications
Indications Richard “Barack” Franki page 39 Preview | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (113 KB)
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