Family Practice News articles from December 2006

Family Practice News archives from December 2006

COPD management misses the mark.(Pulmonary Medicine)(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2006... Tucson, Ariz. -- Few patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease receive spirometry, recommended medication combinations, and stageappropriate therapy, results of a retrospective analysis of 200 outpatients demonstrated. Instead,...

Vital signs.
December 1, 2006... VITAL SIGNS Family Physicians Work About the Same Number of Hours per Week as Other Specialists Family practice 38 (n = 4,004) Ob. gyn. 40 (n = 1,271) Internal medicine 40 (n = 3,171) Pediatrics...

Blister drug packs, education boost therapy adherence: compliance jumped from 61% to 97%.(News)
December 1, 2006... Chicago -- Organizing the pills that elderly patients need to take into customized blister packs, and combining this with periodic medication teaching sessions, boosted dosing adherence to almost 100% and enhanced the efficacy of the drug...

Health policy changes in store with new Congress.(Practice Trends)
December 1, 2006... The changes in leadership brought about by the November mid-term elections are likely to result in significant shifts in the way Congress approaches health policy issues, according to several experts. One change many physicians are hoping...

VTE prophylaxis deficient in most at-risk.(News)(venous thromboembolism)(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2006... Salt Lake City -- Only one-third of U.S. medical inpatients at increased risk for venous thromboembolism receive appropriate prophylaxis as recommended by American College of Chest Physicians guidelines, according to a large study. About...

FDA approves silicone gel-filled breast implants.(News)
December 1, 2006... The Food and Drug Administration approved the marketing of silicone gel-filled breast implants for reconstructive or breast augmentation surgery in women, lifting a 14-year ban on their use outside of clinical studies. Long-standing...

Tamiflu tied to pediatric neuropsychiatric events.(News)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Rockville, Md. -- Reports of neuropsychiatric events, including cases of self-injurious behavior and delirium, in children and adolescents treated with oseltamivir for influenza are the basis of a new recommendation to closely monitor children...

Simvastatin may cut risk of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's.(News)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Atlanta -- Simvastatin use for at least 7 months reduced the incidence of Alzheimer's disease by 30% and the incidence of Parkinson's disease by 24% in older people, according to an analysis of data from a Department of Veterans Affairs...

Physicians' opinions diverge on ethics of using free Rx samples.(News)
December 1, 2006... Tucson, Ariz. -- Physicians are divided over whether it is ethical to use free sample medications in their primary care practices, Nancy Sohler, Ph.D., and Dr. Diane McKee reported at the annual meeting of the North American Primary Care...

Califano advocates for HMOs.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... Since when has former Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr. become such a big physician advocate worried about "a lack of intelligent and patient-friendly health care policy right now?" ("It's No 'Holiday' for...

CDE-physician team benefits patients.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... As a clinical pharmacist and certified diabetes educator at Cross City Medical Clinic in rural Corinth, Miss., I was very happy to see your recent article ("On-Site Educators Lead to Better Type 2 Outcomes," Nov. 1, 2006, p. 23). Our...

Secondary osteoporosis: another cause.(Letters )(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... A recent article mentions glucocorticoid use as the most common case of drug-induced osteoporosis ("Root Out All Causes of Secondary Osteoporosis," Oct. 1, 2006, p. 18). You are certainly correct in mentioning this most common cause of...

Troubling news about FDA reviews.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... Family Practice News correctly reported that according to the Institute of Medicine's panel of experts, "numerous safety-related issues over the past few years... have led to a lack of confidence in drug development and regulation" ("IOM...

Taking responsibility.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... Organized medicine cannot turn to Congress to solve its problems in the emergency department and then complain about the regulations it imposes and the schedule of fees that will be paid ("Emergency Care System Is Shaky, Panel Warns," July 15,...

Is frequent glucose testing a waste of time for most patients with type 2 diabetes? There is no good evidence that patients benefit.(Point
December 1, 2006... My arguments do not apply to anyone who uses insulin, who is troubled by hypoglycemia, who has gestational diabetes, or who is experiencing temporary situations of intercurrent illness, physiologic stressors, or medication changes. In other...

Is frequent glucose testing a waste of time for most patients with type 2 diabetes? Empowerment promotes patient health.(Point / Counterpoint)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... I agree that much of the data supporting SMBG are inadequate. But when it comes to SMBG, the absence of evidence should not be interpreted as evidence of absence. How do you measure empowerment and autonomy, or freedom from fear of...

Arm exercises enhance adenosine stress testing.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
December 1, 2006... Montreal -- Adenosine stress testing with supplemental arm pumping exercise had the same diagnostic accuracy as exercise stress testing in detecting coronary artery disease in a study of 302 patients. The results validate a long-standing...

Blood pressure goals unmet in diabetic patients.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Barcelona -- Only two in five Americans with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease and one in five in European countries meet blood pressure goals, Benjamin A. Steinberg said at the joint meeting of the European Society of Cardiology and...

Slight blood pressure benefit seen with Vitamin C.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
December 1, 2006... Reno, Nev. -- Vitamin C supplementation may result in a small reduction in systolic blood pressure for hypertensive individuals and may help lower cholesterol in patients with hypercholesterolemia, according to the results of two meta-analyses...

Three simple questions help screen for apnea.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Seattle -- Patients with heart failure or hypertension who answered "Yes" to at least two of three questions had a high likelihood of having obstructive sleep apnea, Cheryl L. Bartone reported in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of...

Hypertension, sleep apnea tied in kidney disease.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... San Antonio -- Hypertension is associated with a significantly increased prevalence of sleep apnea in patients with chronic kidney disease, Dr. Stephen F. Derose reported at a meeting of the American Heart Association Council for High Blood...

Correct anemia to improve heart failure outcomes.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Barcelona -- Researchers moved a step closer toward proving that correcting the anemia that often occurs in patients with heart failure improves outcomes, with results from three phase II studies that tested two different ways to boost...

Heart failure patients should be screened for sleep apnea.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Seattle -- There is no standard way to screen for sleep apnea in patients with heart failure, but there are several screening models to choose from, Dr. Steven M. Scharf said at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America. ...

Radioimmunotherapy extends thyroid Ca survival.(Metabolic Disorders)(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2006... Phoenix -- Radioimmunotherapy has the potential to prolong survival in patients with advanced medullary thyroid carcinoma, based on data from a small but promising study presented at the annual meeting of the American Thyroid Association. ...

Family history linked to early thyroid diagnoses.(Metabolic Disorders)(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2006... Phoenix -- Family history of thyroid disease and a lower median age at diagnosis were significantly associated with illness in a study of 2,805 adults with thyroid disease, researchers reported in a poster presented at the annual meeting of the...

Risk of thyroid cancer is higher in young, men.(Metabolic Disorders)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Phoenix -- Younger age and male sex were significantly associated with an increased risk of malignancy in thyroid nodules, according to the results of a study of 371 thyroid cancer patients. Few risk factors--aside from childhood radiation...

Diabetes elevates hip fracture risk in the elderly.(Metabolic Disorders)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Toronto -- The risk for hip fractures appears to be elevated in elderly men and women with diabetes, Dr. Lorraine L. Lipscome reported in a poster at the joint annual meeting of the Canadian Diabetes Association and the Canadian Society of...

Vitamin [D.sub.3] levels flag early heart disease.(Metabolic Disorders)
December 1, 2006... Verona, Italy -- Vitamin [D.sub.3] deficiency was found to be highly prevalent in adults with type 2 diabetes and was strongly and independently associated with early signs of atherosclerosis in a study conducted in Italy. The results add...

Premeal oral insulin rivaled injectable form in small study.(Metabolic Disorders)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Toronto -- A formulation of insulin that is sprayed in the mouth and absorbed buccally seems to control glucose as well as injected insulin when used before a meal, Dr. Gerald Bernstein reported at the joint annual meeting of the Canadian...

Geometry may explain racial differences in fracture rates.(Metabolic Disorders)
December 1, 2006... Philadelphia -- Bone geometry appears to confer femoral strength to older black men and may account for some of the differences seen in fracture risk and bone mineral density between older black and white men, according to data presented at the...

Inadequate vitamin D in infants ups type 1 risk.(Metabolic Disorders)
December 1, 2006... Reno, Nev. -- Infants--especially breast-fed infants--at an increased risk for type 1 diabetes aren't getting the recommended levels of vitamin D in their diets, despite efforts to publicize the relationship between type 1 diabetes and...

Home blood pressure monitoring redirects diabetes patients.(Metabolic Disorders)
December 1, 2006... Tucson, Ariz. -- Home blood pressure monitoring may have a role in changing diet and exercise habits in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to results from a small analysis presented at the annual meeting of the North American...

Cold-adapted nasal flu vaccine shows promise.(Infectious Diseases)
December 1, 2006... Atlanta -- Medimmune's investigational cold-adapted trivalent influenza vaccine appears to have a highly favorable risk-benefit profile in children aged 12-59 months without a history of wheezing, Dr. Robert Walker said at the fall meeting of...

Guillain-Barre syndrome, MCV4 link still unclear.(Infectious Diseases)
December 1, 2006... Atlanta -- Guillain-Barre syndrome has been reported in 17 recipients of the tetravalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine, but it's unclear whether the association is causal, Dr. Robert L. Davis said at a meeting of the Centers for Disease...

Intussusception rates with Rotateq are lower than expected.(Infectious Diseases)
December 1, 2006... Atlanta -- No major safety issues have arisen thus far with the new rotavirus vaccine, Penina Haber said at a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. In fact, rates of...

Adults, teens put infants at risk for pertussis.(Infectious Diseases)(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2006... Toronto -- Adults and teens with waning immunity to pertussis are putting infants--particularly minority infants--as well as themselves at unnecessary risk for developing the bacterial disease, Dr. Irini Daskalaki said at the annual meeting of...

New fluoroquinolone for community-acquired pneumonia is promising.(Infectious Diseases)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... San Francisco -- An experimental fluoroquinolone compared favorably with amoxicillin or ceftriaxone for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in separate randomized, doubleblind phase III trials, investigators reported in poster...

Noncompliance with antibiotic guideline for CAP may up costs.(Infectious Diseases)(community-acquired pneumonia)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Salt Lake City -- Failure to prescribe antibiotics in accordance with current guidelines for the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia comes at an average cost of 3 extra days on mechanical ventilation, Dr. Andrew F. Shoor reported...

Tigecycline on horizon for community-acquired pneumonia.(Infectious Diseases)
December 1, 2006... San Francisco -- Tigecycline appeared to be comparable in efficacy and tolerability to levofloxacin in treating community-acquired pneumonia in two phase III studies of 891 hospitalized patients needing intravenous therapy, Dr. Gary Dukart...

Removable ink may make tattoo regrets history.(Skin Disorders)
December 1, 2006... A small group of physicians and investigators plan to market a removable tattoo ink next year, and if the ink lives up to the inventors' expectations, physicians will be able to remove permanent tattoos with a single laser treatment. The...

MRSA breaks out among tattoo recipients.(Skin Disorders)(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Forty-four cases of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with tattoos were reported from June 2004 to August 2005 in Ohio, Kentucky, and Vermont, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

Spironolactone safe, effective for treating acne in women.(Skin Disorders)(Drug overview)
December 1, 2006... San Antonio -- The diuretic spironolactone is inexpensive, well tolerated, and effective for most women with acne vulgaris, Dr. Steven A. Davis said at a meeting of Skin Disease Education Foundation. "This is one of the better products" for...

Not all unipolar depressions necessarily chronic.(Mental Health)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Mendoza, Argentina -- The use of antidepressants may not be effective for long-term treatment of unipolar depression, and may actually be harmful, Dr. Ulrik Malt reported at the 6th World Congress of Depressive Disorders. "There are no...

In kids, response to sertraline varies with age.(Mental Health)
December 1, 2006... children with major depressive disorder aged 6-11 years have a significantly faster first response to both sertraline and a placebo, compared with adolescents aged 12-17 years, Dr. Craig L. Donnelly of Darmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in...

Sexual trauma tied to PTSD in female veterans.(Mental Health)(posttraumatic stress disorder)
December 1, 2006... Albuquerque -- Sexual trauma is the primary cause of posttraumatic stress disorder in female veterans, according to a psychologist who provides care at a trauma clinic for female veterans in New Mexico. Diane T. Castillo, Ph.D., estimates...

Natalizumab takes Crohn's remission past 2 years.(Digestive Disorders)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Berlin -- Treatment with natalizumab maintained remission in selected patients with severe Crohn's disease for more than 2 years, in an open-label extension study with 87 patients. "The data show that if a patient [with Crohn's disease]...

Hydrotherapy excels as safe, tolerable bowel prep.(Digestive Disorders)
December 1, 2006... Las Vegas -- The safety, efficacy, and perhaps most important, the tolerability of bowel preparation for colonoscopy came under intense scrutiny at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology. "We desperately need to...

Alternatives to traditional colonoscopy sought.(Digestive Disorders)
December 1, 2006... Las Vegas -- Capsule colonoscopy achieved a higher sensitivity for detecting polyps than did virtual colonoscopy in a comparative study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology. Two studies presented at...

FDA approves drug for colorectal cancer.(Digestive Disorders)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The Food and Drug Administration has approved the monoclonal antibody Vectibix (panitumumab) for the treatment of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor--expressing, metastatic colorectal carcinoma that has progressed during or after...

Vasomotor symptoms may predict bone density.(Women's Health)
December 1, 2006... New Orleans -- Premenopausal vasomotor symptoms, particularly night sweats, are a previously unrecognized risk factor for low bone mineral density, according to Dr. Lubna Pal from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. Her...

Colposcopy referral may not be needed for mild dyskaryosis.(Women's Health)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Santa Monica, Calif. -- It may not be necessary to refer women for colposcopy after a single, mildly dyskaryotic cervical smear, according to a poster presentation by A.S. Ahmed at the biennial meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer...

MRSA colonized in 2% of women upon delivery.(Women's Health)(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
December 1, 2006... Monterey, Calif. -- Two (2%) of 98 pregnant women being admitted for labor or a scheduled C-section were colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a pilot study, Dr. Richard H. Beigi reported in a poster presentation at the...

S. aureus found in 11% of screened pregnant women.(Women's Health)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... San Francisco -- Staphylococcus aureus was carried in the vaginal-rectal area in 11% of pregnant women who were screened at a Camden, N.J., hospital, according to a study presented at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents...

Do NSAIDs cause birth defects?(Drugs, Pregnancy, And Lactation)(Drug overview)
December 1, 2006... Prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are frequently used in pregnancy, including during the first trimester. When used around the time of conception, there is evidence that NSAIDs impair fertility by...

Data reassure on long-acting [beta]-agonists.(Pulmonary Medicine)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Salt Lake City -- Reassurance about the cardiovascular safety of long-acting [[beta].sub.2]-agonists in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was provided by a large study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of...

Statins may slow smokers lung ailments.(Pulmonary Medicine)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Salt Lake City -- Statin therapy may slow the decline in lung function in smokers and ex-smokers with chronic lung disease, Dr. Walid G. Younis said at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians. This preliminary...

Group therapy of benefit to anxious COPD patients.(Pulmonary Medicine)(chronic obstructive lung disease)(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2006... Salt Lake City -- Anxiety in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is common, disruptive, and responds favorably to cognitive-behavioral group therapy, Dr. Sandra G. Adams reported at the annual meeting of the American College of...

Nonsurgical procedures are in the works for advanced emphysema.(Pulmonary Medicine)(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2006... Salt Lake City -- A variety of innovative bronchoscopic procedures are being developed to achieve nonsurgical lung volume reduction as treatment for advanced emphysema. The goal is to capitalize upon the functional and mortality benefits...

Supplemental calcium fails to prevent weight gain.(Obesity)
December 1, 2006... Boston -- Two years of treatment with supplemental calcium failed to significantly prevent weight gain in overweight, middle-aged adults, Dr. Jack Yanovski reported at the annual meeting of NAASO, the Obesity Society. Multiple...

Orlistat helps maintain weight loss long term.(Obesity)
December 1, 2006... Boston -- Three years of orlistat following significant weight loss helped patients maintain the loss and reduced the incidence of new-onset type 2 diabetes, Dr. Bjorn Richelsen said at the annual meeting of NAASO, the Obesity Society. "We...

Weight loss in prehypertension cuts risks, helps avoid drugs.(Obesity)
December 1, 2006... Boston -- Prehypertensive patients who participate in a structured weight-management program can significantly reduce their risk factors and may avoid the need for antihypertensive drug therapy, according to a study presented at the annual...

Sacroplasty brings pain relief, cuts use of opioids.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
December 1, 2006... Seattle -- Percutaneous sacroplasty seems to be a safe, effective therapy for painful sacral insufficiency, according to a multicenter study presented at the annual meeting of the North American Spine Society. "The rate of improvement is...

Biologic doesn't increase risk of infection in RA.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)(rheumatoid arthritis)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Rhodes, Greece -- Adalimumab does not appear to increase the risk of serious infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Dr. J. Kent reported at the 15th Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. There was...

Evidence-based hand arthritis guidelines issued.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
December 1, 2006... The first evidence-based recommendations on the management of hand osteoarthritis have been developed by a multidisciplinary group commissioned by the European League Against Rheumatism. Previous European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)...

Gabapentin prodrug may ease restless legs syndrome.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)(Drug overview)
December 1, 2006... Chicago -- An investigational gabapentin prodrug may be an effective therapy for symptoms and sleep problems associated with restless legs syndrome, Dr. Arthur S. Waiters reported at the annual meeting of the American Neurological Association....

Fibromyalgia diagnosis does not lead to uptick in office visits.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
December 1, 2006... Amsterdam -- The diagnosis of fibromyalgia is not followed by a surge in physician office visits, according to Dr. Ernest H.S. Choy, speaking at the annual European Congress of Rheumatology. A recent study using data from the U.K. General...

Maneuver alleviates paroxysmal positional vertigo.(Clinical Rounds)(Epley)
December 1, 2006... Washington -- In-office use of the Epley maneuver can relieve benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in most patients, Dr. Suraj Achar said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Benign paroxysmal positional...

CDC campaign takes aim at chronic fatigue syndrome.(Clinical Rounds)(Disease/Disorder overview)
December 1, 2006... Washington -- Chronic fatigue syndrome has gained new stature as a public health concern with the launch by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of a national education campaign aimed at promoting diagnosis and treatment of the...

FDA plans to upgrade device safety monitoring.(Practice Trends)(Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
December 1, 2006... The Food and Drug Administration announced on Nov. 9 that it is taking steps to improve its postmarketing surveillance of medical device safety, including moving ahead on a proposal to require electronic reporting of adverse events. The...

Telehealth licensure.(Policy & Practice)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Officials at the Federation of State Medical Boards are tackling the issue of licensure for physicians engaged in telehealth and those involved in the multistate practice of medicine. FSMB recently received a grant from the federal government...

House investigates CDC finances.(Policy & Practice)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Members of Congress are looking into alleged financial problems at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a letter, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee requested that CDC officials provide an analysis done by Deloitte...

Health IT standardization.(Policy & Practice)(information technology)(The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), founded in 2004 by three health IT industry organizations, has been designated officially as a Recognized Certification Body by the Health and Human Services...

Smoking rates level off.(Policy & Practice)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... An 8-year decline in adult smoking rates may be flattening, according to the CDC. The agency analyzed self-reported data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey and found that the nation is falling behind in efforts to reduce cigar...

Medicare Handbook bias.(Policy & Practice)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A group of senior House and Senate Democrats have charged that the 2007 Medicare Handbook casts HMO plans in a more favorable light than fee-for-service plans. The Bush Administration favors Medicare Advantage, the HMO program, which had...

Residents' ambulatory training left in doubt.(Practice Trends)
December 1, 2006... The ability of hospitals to maintain ambulatory training for medical residents seems to be in doubt with the departure of Dr. Mark McClellan as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dr. McClellan left without resolving an...

Opinions on conflict of interest vary widely.(Practice Trends)
December 1, 2006... Officials in charge of disclosing financial interests in research agree that disclosure is important, but are confused about how to do so effectively and appropriately, Kevin P. Weinfurt, Ph.D., and his colleagues reported. Their survey of...

Public health issues took center stage in election.(Practice Trends)(views on ballot initiatives at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association )
December 1, 2006... Boston -- Voters in several states made their voices heard last month on public health issues ranging from smoking bans to restrictions on abortion to the minimum wage. Public health experts offered their views on the ballot initiatives at...

New Medicare Part D program targets top script fillers.(Practice Trends)(medication therapy management)
December 1, 2006... Philadelphia -- Starting next year, Medicare Part D will feature a new wrinkle in the drug insurance program: medication therapy management. A medication therapy management (MTM) program was mandated for 2007 by the Centers for Medicare...

Fat and happy.(Indications)(Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby says his Doctor's Chocolate reduces stress)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A physician in the United Kingdom is now marketing something he calls "the doctor's chocolate." Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby claims his chocolate truffles reduce stress because they "include L-theanine... while keeping the caloric content, fat, and...

A little crab'll do ya.(Indications)(chloramphenicol)
December 1, 2006... The brazen theft of three pallets of Little River--brand canned lump crabmeat in October have led police in Suffolk, Va., to issue a warning that two of the pallets might have been tainted with a powerful antibiotic, the Associated Press...

Hospital, hotel, whatever.(Indications)
December 1, 2006... Hospitals, by treating disease and even curing illness, are running themselves out of business! A recent public relations e-mail to the Bureau of Indications plugged a book called "Turn Your Customers On" (something most physicians try to...

Better dead than not red.(Indications)(congressional elections)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Before the recent congressional elections, the city of Houston, faced with a lawsuit by the Republican party, ceased offering free influenza vaccinations to people 50 years and older at early voting sites in low-income areas, the Associated...

Goates' wits beat nits.(Indications)(Brad M. Goates and team develop LouseBuster)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a new treatment for head lice, as reported in the November issue of Pediatrics. Brad M. Goates and colleagues in their paper subtitled "A Lot of Hot Air" tested six hot air-based treatment...

Pregnancy pressure predictive of events.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
December 15, 2006... CHICAGO -- Women who develop hypertension during pregnancy face a substantially increased risk of cardiovascular events later in life, based on a review of more than 4,000 women. Hypertension in pregnancy is an "underrecognized risk...