Clinical Psychiatry News articles from June 2005

Clinical Psychiatry News archives from June 2005

Details matter in shared care cases.(News)
June 1, 2005... TUCSON, ARIZ. -- In the legal arena, adherence by psychiatrists to the highest ethical standards can become virtually meaningless without detailed documentation, Barry Morenz, M.D., said at a psychopharmacology conference sponsored by the...

Top diagnoses by psychiatrists in 2004.(VITAL SIGNS)(Illustration)
June 1, 2005... Top Diagnoses by Psychiatrists in 2004 Depressive disorder 12.6% Major depressive disorder, 11.7% single episode Anxiety states 9.6% Bipolar affective disorder 6.7% Attention-deficit disorder 6.4%...

New suicide data highlight toxicity of depression: one-third of victims had current diagnosis.(News)
June 1, 2005... BROOMFIELD, COLO. -- Forty percent of completed suicides had been diagnosed with a current mental health problem at the time of their deaths, according to the first wave of data from the new National Violent Death Reporting System. Most of...

FDA seeking suicidality data on 14 anticonvulsants.(News)
June 1, 2005... The Food and Drug Administration has asked 10 manufacturers of 14 anticonvulsants to submit data on the drugs' potential to spur suicidal thoughts or acts in users. The request was almost identical to the one the agency sent last year to...

Baby boomers with chronic conditions may overwhelm system.(News)
June 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO -- The baby boomers might do more than bankrupt Medicare--they could break the entire medical system, members of a panel said at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians. With 76 million baby boomers starting...

Abuse reported by 11% of postmenopausal women: study finds that verbal abuse has greater impact on health and mental health than physical abuse.(News)
June 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS -- Slightly more than 11% of almost 92,000 postmenopausal women reported they had been verbally and/or physically abused in the previous year by a family member or close friend, an incidence much higher than expected, Charles P....

Violence in U.S. families is a serious public health problem.(News)
June 1, 2005... ORLANDO, FLA. -- With millions of Americans suffering from partner violence, child abuse, and elder abuse, physicians should watch for signs and symptoms of battering, ask patients whether they are victims, and intervene when appropriate, Cathy...

Toxicology shows antidepressants present in 21% of suicide completers.(News)
June 1, 2005... BROOMFIELD, COLO. -- Eleven percent of 123 youth suicide completers and 21% of 2,674 adults who died by suicide tested positive for the presence of an antidepressant in a comprehensive multistate study, Catherine Barber said at the annual...

Suicide way down among elderly, but not all news is good.(News)
June 1, 2005... BROOMFIELD, COLO. -- The suicide rate among elderly Americans is dramatically lower today than at any time in at least the last 75 years, John L. McIntosh, Ph.D., said at the annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology. ...

One lot of Neurontin recalled.(News)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Pfizer Inc. has voluntarily recalled one lot of 100-mg capsules of Neurontin (gabapentin) because of a mechanical failure that resulted in some empty or partly filled capsules. The recall affects about 40,000 bottles of the capsules. The...

A 5-year-old in handcuffs?(GUEST EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
June 1, 2005... The handcuffing of an unruly 5-year-old girl at her school in Florida a few weeks ago gave many parties a chance to grind a favorite ax. By condemning the action, the police, the school, the teachers, the child, the mother, political...

More on conquering flying fears.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2005... I would like to thank Dr. Robert T. London for his valuable column on treating flying phobia ("Treating Fearful Flyers," The Psychiatrist's Toolbox, March 2005, p. 27). I am a psychologist in New York (on the New York University School of...

Why do kids kill?(FINK! STILL AT LARGE)
June 1, 2005... An altercation between a 13-year-old pitcher and a 15-year-old spectator that escalated into murder with a baseball bat recently rocked the California community of Palmdale. The younger boy's team had just lost its first game of the season....

All in the family business.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
June 1, 2005... The family business is the perfect venue for psychiatry. It is the ultimate merger of self, family, and work life. About 90% of the businesses in America are essentially family businesses, ranging from large clothing makers like Levi...

Pain relievers.(Opinion)(Cartoon)
June 1, 2005... "The possible side effects with these antidepressants are stomachache, drowsiness, and peace."

How to run an effective meeting.(GUEST EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
June 1, 2005... "What do you discuss at office meetings?" a colleague wrote me recently. "We used to hold them monthly, and I never thought we accomplished anything. So now we don't bother anymore." It's a comment I hear fairly often. Doctors and...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
June 1, 2005... In "The Art of Deborah Standard," (Visionary Art, May 2005, p. 35), the type of resin that Ms. Standard uses in her encaustic painting was referred to incorrectly. Ms. Standard uses damar resin.

The soul of a pedophile.(REEL LIFE)
June 1, 2005... Given the repugnance of pedophilia, feature films on this theme have appeared with surprising frequency. From Fritz Lang's 1931 film, "M," starring Peter Lorre as a homicidal pederast, to Pedro Almodovar's recent film, "Bad Education," about...

Sleep away.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... One night of total sleep deprivation did not accelerate response to paroxetine in elderly patients, said Charles F. Reynolds III, M.D., of the University of Pittsburgh and his colleagues. In a 14-day placebo-controlled, double-blind study,...

Maternal depression in Hispanics.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... High levels of depressive symptoms were found in nearly a quarter of low-income Hispanic mothers with children aged 6-18 months, reported Linda H. Chaudron, M.D., of the University of Rochester (N.Y.) and her colleagues. Maternal...

Mental disorders in refugees.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Refugees in Western countries may be 10 times more likely than the general American population to have posttraumatic stress disorder, said Mina Fazel, M.D., of Warneford Hospital. Oxford, England, and her associates. In a metaanalysis of...

Drinking patterns matter.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... High body mass index is associated with heavy drinking sessions, but not with frequent drinking, reported Rosalind A. Breslow and Barbara A. Smothers of the division of epidemiology and prevention research. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse...

Adult ADHD: drug choice includes timing issues.(PRACTICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY)
June 1, 2005... Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is not rare in adults. "Recent data suggest 4%-5% prevalence, but the number diagnosed is far below that. It's massively underrecognized," said Timothy E. Wilens, M.D., of Harvard Medical School and...

Recent declining suicide rates not tied to antidepressant use.(Adult Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... BROOMFIELD, COLO. -- The steep rise in antidepressant prescribing over the last several decades and the temporally associated decline in suicide rates in many Western countries are not causally related, Annette Erlangsen, Ph.D., said at the...

Lamotrigine use rising for bipolar depression.(Adult Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- Since lamotrigine gained approval as maintenance therapy for bipolar disorder, more physicians are using it off label as an acute treatment of bipolar depression, said Andrew J. Cutler, M.D. A show of hands at a...

Antipsychotic-associated weight gain.(EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE)
June 1, 2005... The Problem You have a patient with schizoaffective disorder who is stabilized with olanzapine (Zyprexa). Although the patient has gained considerable weight since the initiation of olanzapine, his psychiatric condition is now stable and...

The art of Linda Hoard.(VISIONARY ART)
June 1, 2005... Some of Linda Hoard's work can be described as "photorealistic"--which means it so closely resembles photographs that it appears not to have been created by brushstrokes. Upon close inspection, however, it looks as if the colors in her work...

Prescribing models shape personality disorder Tx: one approach to prescribing medication is to use the Axis I disorder most closely related as a guide.(Adult Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... ATLANTA -- Clinicians often must rely on empirical data to guide psychopharmacologic treatment in patients with personality disorders, since few clinical trials have examined the efficacy of these medications in the context of Axis II...

Almost 30% of men aged 40-59 years are obese.(DATA WATCH)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Almost 30% of Men Aged 40-59 Years Are Obese Percentage Men Women 20-39 Years 22.2% 21.5% 40-59 Years 28.7%...

'Cutting' wounds may be more than skin deep: the behavior may be an attempt by a severely disconnected, depressed teen to gain focus and control.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... Self-injurious behavior in the form of "cutting" may not be as rare as child psychiatrists once believed, nor is it always a red flag for imminent suicide. Instead, it may be an attempt by a severely disconnected, depressed teenager to...

Movement therapy may help parents of autistic children.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Parents whose autistic children turn their lives upside down might turn to a movement therapist for help. Understanding children's nonverbal expressions can be a springboard for managing their tantrums and improving their...

Risk reduction helps tame teen gambling: adolescents with pathological gambling problems may have comorbid psychiatric conditions.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... HOUSTON -- Relatively few adolescents develop a serious problem with gambling, so the issue may be one of "harm reduction" rather than the treatment of an addiction, said Gagan Dhaliwal, M.D., at the annual meeting of the American Society for...

Addiction to cybersex called pervasive.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... COLORADO SPRINGS -- Children--and middle school-aged boys in particular--are becoming addicted to sex on the Internet in numbers that would startle most clinicians and parents, Ann Freeman said at a symposium on addictive disorders sponsored by...

Metaanalysis shows benefit of valproate in bipolar childrens' manic symptoms.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... ATLANTA -- Valproate appears to have a beneficial effect on the manic symptoms of child and adolescent patients with bipolar disorder, but no large scale double-blind, placebo-controlled trials have tested the anticonvulsant in young people....

Medication use reduces recidivism.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Bipolar juvenile offenders committed 80% fewer offenses while taking medication than when they were off medication, reported Larry F. Dailey, M.D., of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and his colleagues. The investigators followed...

Sex often precedes violence.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... In a study of 6,548 adolescents aged 12-21 years who took part in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 27% reported some form of violence victimization from their romantic partners. Overall, 37% of those who reported sexual...

Adolescents stratify stigmas.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Substance abuse was associated with greater stigma than mental disorders, based on a survey of 303 high school students in Southern California, said Patrick W. Corrigan, Psy.D., of Evanston (Ill.) Northwestern Healthcare and his associates. ...

Depression and diabetes.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... In a study of 231 adolescents aged 11-18 years with type 1 diabetes, those who also demonstrated depressive symptoms were at increased risk for hospitalization from diabetes complications during a 2-year follow-up, said Sunita M. Stewart,...

Teens and tobacco addiction.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Adolescents appear to become addicted to cigarettes more easily than adults, according to a study of 220 ninth-graders who smoke. Other studies have suggested this susceptibility to addiction but have not been able to measure tobacco...

Oral contraceptives not tied to depression.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES -- Oral contraceptive pills do not cause mood swings or depression in most adolescents. On the contrary, overall, it appears that oral contraceptives increase positive mood and decrease negative mood, Mary A. Ott, M.D., said at the...

More screening for violence needed in EDs.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Emergency department physicians need to do a better job assessing psychiatric patients for possible violent behavior, Marisa A. Giggie, M.D., of the department of psychiatry at the University of Texas, San Antonio, and her...

Strive for confidentiality in talks about drugs.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Physicians need to talk seriously with adolescents about raves, the drug scene, family, and school to detect dangerous problems, an Arizona pediatrician advised physicians attending a pediatric update sponsored by Phoenix...

Abuse of dextromethorphan is 'rampant' among teens.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... INCLINE VILLAGE, NEV. -- A 14-year-old intoxicated and confused girl is brought into the emergency department by her parents. She has nystagmus and is extremely ataxic. One of her friends reports that she may have taken some "skittles." ...

For conduct disorder, it's nature and nurture: any search for genetic risk factors in psychiatric illnesses must consider environmental exposures.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... ASPEN, COLO. -- A large twin registry study has replicated the findings of an earlier landmark New Zealand study showing that polymorphisms of the monoamine oxidase A gene modify the risk of antisocial behavior in boys exposed to familial...

Genetic psychiatric disorders cited in fetal alcohol effects patients.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... GRAPEVINE, TEX. -- The behavioral and cognitive defects in children with fetal alcohol effects may be partly attributable to genetic psychiatric disorders, researchers reported in a poster presentation at a meeting sponsored by the American...

Trajectory of adolescent substance abuse can begin as early as preschool.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... ASPEN, COLO. -- Surveys consistently show that 90% of all youths have experimented with drugs and alcohol by the time they finish high school. Yet only a minority develop substance abuse problems, Paula D. Riggs, M.D., said at a psychiatry...

Impaired graphesthesia may signal early AD.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... BAL HARBOUR, FLA. -- Impaired graphesthesia, a prevalent finding among patients with mild cognitive impairment, may be an early sign when considered with memory loss that a patient has preclinical Alzheimer's disease, according to a study. ...

Exercise boosts mental health in osteoporosis.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... BOSTON -- A program of regular, low-impact exercise can improve mood and executive functioning in older adults with osteoporosis, according to research in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. ...

Semantic memory lost early in AD.(Geriatric Psychiatry)(alzheimers disease)
June 1, 2005... In-office testing of semantic memory may be an easy and quite sensitive early diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease, suggested Asmus Vogel, a Ph.D. student in the memory disorders research unit at Copenhagen University Hospital, and...

Primary care falling short in treating depression.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- Results from two studies presented during poster sessions at the annual meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry paint a bleak picture of how primary care physicians are treating late-life depression. Even...

In small trial, donepezil safe and effective for African Americans.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- Donepezil is safe and effective in African Americans with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, a 12-week open-label study demonstrated. The finding is important because African Americans are underrepresented in clinical...

CATIE-AD data presented: conclusions to come; Investigators are comparing drug treatments for psychosis and agitation in Alzheimer's patients.(Geriatric Psychiatry)(Clinical Antipsychotic Trial of International Effectiveness-Alzheimer's Disease)
June 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- Phase I results from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trial of International Effectiveness-Alzheimer's Disease (CATIE-AD) unveiled for the first time at the annual meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry are so new...

Onset of hallucinations varies between dementia types.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... MIAMI BEACH -- Onset time of visual hallucinations can help clinicians distinguish between dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. ...

Buprenorphine combo aids detoxification.(Addiction Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... NEW YORK -- Buprenorphine, particularly in combination with naloxone, offers a safe and effective approach to the office-based management of opiate addiction, Walter Ling, M.D., said at the annual conference of the Association for Research in...

Comorbid conditions need integrated treatment.(Addiction Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... MONTREAL -- Comorbid eating disorders and substance abuse are intertwined behaviorally and biologically, so the treatment of both problems must be an integrated effort, Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., said at an international conference sponsored by...

In primary care, one question could reveal alcohol abuse.(Addiction Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... As many as one-fourth of patients in primary care settings could be engaging in hazardous or harmful drinking, and discerning that through careful screening--especially in trauma cases--can lead to better care and more accurate flagging of...

Pain relievers.(Addiction Psychiatry)(Cartoon)
June 1, 2005... "People aren't very sensitive about my abandonment issues."

Antipsychotics' effects differ in substance abusers: activation of cytochrome P-450 system by cigarette smoke appears to play a role in drug metabolism.(Addiction Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... SAN JUAN, P.R. -- Risperidone and ziprasidone increased adherence to inpatient substance abuse treatment for people with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in a comparison that also included olanzapine and typical neuroleptic agents....

Combined approach boosts medication compliance.(Addiction Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... SAN JUAN, P.R. -- Patients who are struggling with medication compliance for alcohol dependence may benefit from a clinical intervention that combines medical management and brief counseling sessions, Helen M. Pettinati, Ph.D., said at the...

Improved sleep quality could aid recovery from alcohol dependence.(Addiction Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... WASHINGTON -- If sleep disturbance can be managed, patients in the early stages of treatment for alcoholism may be less likely to relapse, said Peter D. Friedmann, M.D. A growing literature suggests that the sleep abnormalities that...

Perspective.(Community Psychiatry)(Column)
June 1, 2005... Simple is a recipe, complicated is building a rocket, and complex is crafting prevention messages relevant to a society as diverse as the United States. With respect to HIV prevention messages and interventions, heterosexual messages may...

HIV fight needs focus on behavior.(PREVENTION IN ACTION)
June 1, 2005... Preventive interventions in the now decades-old war against HIV infection seem to be plagued by a Sisyphean fate: Just when declining seropositivity rates in some populations suggest that the prevention message is making headway, the virus...

School policies turn pranks into sex offenses.(Forensic Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... COLORADO SPRINGS -- Overidentification of adolescents as sex offenders is a growing problem in a time of public clamor for get-tough policies on crime. Paul M. Isenstadt said at a symposium on addiction disorders sponsored by Psychotherapy...

Sexual abuse accusations color custody battles: consider child's age, physical or mental disabilities, feelings of alienation when evaluating allegations.(Forensic Psychiatry)
June 1, 2005... HOUSTON -- Sexual abuse allegations in a child custody case are not always true, and even professionals who work with these children can have trouble distinguishing fact from fantasy in the children's stories, Joseph Kenan, M.D., said at the...

Life satisfaction poor in those with kleptomania, pathological gambling.(Forensic Psychiatry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... People with symptoms of pathological gambling and kleptomania, regardless of severity, seem to have a very poor quality of life, reported Jon Grant. M.D., of Brown University, Providence, R.I., and Suck-Won Kim, M.D., of the University of...

MRI opens thrombolysis window after stroke.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
June 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS -- The presence of a favorable pattern of cerebral perfusion on magnetic resonance imaging may tell physicians which patients with acute ischemic stroke stand to benefit from thrombolysis even hours after the onset of symptoms. ...

Genetic variant increases risk of late-onset Alzheimer's.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
June 1, 2005... Strategies for the prevention and treatment of late-onset Alzheimer's disease may be improved by the identification of a gene variant that seems to increase Alzheimer's disease, according to a report by Lars Bertram, M.D., of MassGeneral...

Think aspirin for intracranial arterial stenosis.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
June 1, 2005... High-dose aspirin is just as effective as warfarin in treating intracranial arterial stenosis, and appears much safer, with significantly lower rates of death, myocardial infarction, and major hemorrhage over 2 years, Marc Chimowitz, M.B., and...

Light Tx may surpass melatonin.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
June 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- Melatonin supplements may be popular to shift circadian rhythms. but bright-light therapy is more effective, Milton Erman, M.D., said at a psychopharmacology congress sponsored by the Neuroscience Education Institute. People...

Cognitive deficits can persist after brain injury.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
June 1, 2005... BAL HARBOUR, FLA. -- The cognitive impairment seen in some older adults following mild to moderate traumatic brain injury may persist for up to 2 years, according to preliminary results of a longitudinal study. Previous studies on cognitive...

CBT helps patients regain lives, despite pain: opioid therapy offers only partial relief, and even surgery often fails to alleviate symptoms.(Pain Medicine)
June 1, 2005... PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. -- Physicians who doubt that chronic pain patients need and deserve cognitive-behavioral therapy as an adjunct to other treatments need to take an honest look at how well modern medicine treats pain. Dennis C. Turk, Ph.D.,...

Psychiatric disorder rate high among regular opioid users.(Pain Medicine)
June 1, 2005... VANCOUVER, B. C. -- Psychiatric disorders are common among people taking opioid medications, Mark D. Sullivan, M.D., reported at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. Data from the first population-based investigation of...

Pain relievers.(Pain Medicine)(Cartoon)
June 1, 2005... "I can prescribe some happiness or we can sweat through the details."

Imaging important for secondary headache Dx: pathologic organic processes account for up to 16% of emergency visits attributable to headaches.(Pain Medicine)
June 1, 2005... ORLANDO, FLA. -- Neuroimaging is key to diagnosing relatively rare secondary headaches, one expert said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Neuroimaging. "Secondary headaches are where neuroimaging is of paramount importance,"...

Use factors besides efficacy to guide neuropathic pain Tx.(Pain Medicine)
June 1, 2005... SAN DIEGO -- Medications for chronic neuropathic pain share similar efficacy, so choose therapy based on safety, tolerability, and ease of use, according to Scott M. Fishman, M.D. "Each drug that we use has been studied in one or two...

Panic symptoms common in diabetes patients.(Psychosomatic Medicine)
June 1, 2005... VANCOUVER, B. C. -- Panic symptoms affect many patients with diabetes and are linked to depression and diabetes-related disability, Evette Ludman, Ph.D., and her associates reported in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American...

Stress raises MI risk worldwide.(Psychosomatic Medicine)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Psychological stress either at work or at home raises the risk of myocardial infarction across all ethnic groups, all geographic regions, and both genders, reported Annika Rosengren, M.D., of Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden,...

Psychiatry and medicine working together.(THE PSYCHIATRIST'S TOOLBOX)
June 1, 2005... A recent column I read in CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY NEWS ("Bouncing Back From Serious Illness." April 2005, p. 98) took me back to therapy groups I ran for cancer patients in the 1970s with Dr. Edward Amorosi, a hematologist/oncologist at New York...

Somatization scores may predict success of outpatient Tx for headache.(Psychosomatic Medicine)
June 1, 2005... BOSTON -- A test measuring somatization can predict which patients with chronic headaches will benefit from outpatient care and which ones won't--and will instead require intensive inpatient therapy, according to a new study. The next step...

For pain relief, look on bright side of hospital.(Psychosomatic Medicine)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Spinal surgery patients exposed to increased sunlight in their hospital rooms used 22% less pain medication per hour than those not exposed to the additional sunlight, said Jeffrey M. Walch of the University of Pittsburgh and his colleagues....

Standards for bariatric procedures under review.(Across Specialties)
June 1, 2005... The rush to offer bariatric surgery to the growing number of obese Americans has resulted in a proliferation of procedures performed, sometimes without the necessary experience to manage those high-risk patients. It's unclear if more...

Guidelines for nonoccupational HIV prophylaxis.(Across Specialties)
June 1, 2005... For the first time, the federal government has issued guidelines on attempting to avoid HIV infection after accidental exposure to the virus outside of the health care workplace. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued...

New food pyramid is drawing mixed reviews.(Across Specialties)
June 1, 2005... While experts are applauding the inclusion of exercise in the nation's revamped food guide pyramid, they also question the value of a national dietary icon that lacks details and requires the use of a computer to interpret. The new "My...

Family history of CHD, stroke strongly tied to future risk.(Across Specialties)(coronary heart disease)
June 1, 2005... GRAPEVINE, TEX. -- A strong family history of heart disease can increase an individual's future risk for coronary heart disease fourfold, and even a moderate family history can lead to a twofold increase in risk, a population-based study has...