Family Practice News articles from June 2007

Family Practice News archives from June 2007

Tape test may sort cancer from Nevi.(News)
June 1, 2007... LOS ANGELES -- Applying a simple tape to suspicious pigmented lesions and pulling off RNA for genetic analysis can differentiate melanoma from dysplastic nevi, results of a pilot study suggest. Preliminary data show that noninvasive...

Arthritis diagnosed in nearly 300,000 children in the U.S.; prognosis is often worse than assumed.(News)
June 1, 2007... DESTIN, FLA. -- Nearly 300,000 children in the United States have significant arthritis accounting for more than 800,000 outpatient medical visits each year, according to unpublished data from a study conducted jointly by the American College...

Rosiglitazone may elevate myocardial infarction risk.
June 1, 2007... A meta-analysis showing that rosiglitazone may be associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction has spurred family physicians to attempt to identify individuals taking the drug and to manage an expected onslaught of patients with...

North America makes up almost half of all global pharmaceutical sales.(VITAL SIGNS)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... North America Makes Up Almost Half of All Global Pharmaceutical Sales. Latin America 4.5% Asia, Africa, and Australia 8.6% Japan 9.3% Europe 29.9% North America ...

Look for depression, PTSD in Iraq war veterans with migraines.(News)
June 1, 2007... BOSTON -- In soldiers returning from combat in Iraq, a self-reported history of migraine headaches was associated with at least twice the risk of symptoms of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and anxiety as was seen in similar soldiers...

Family physician to chair world medical body.(News)(Dr. J. Edward Hill)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Dr. J. Edward Hill, immediate past president of the American Medical Association, has been elected chairman of the World Medical Association, an independent, international organization representing physicians from more than 80 countries since...

Best practices in: recognition and management of nighttime reflux symptoms.(Clinical report)
June 1, 2007... Background A majority of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) report nighttime symptoms, including heartburn during sleep. Nighttime reflux is associated with more severe forms of GERD. (1,2) Multiple studies have...

Several generic zolpidem formulations approved.(NEWS FROM THE FDA)
June 1, 2007... The first generic formulations of the insomnia drug Ambien were approved by the Food and Drug Administration in April, days after the patent on the trade formulation expired. On April 23, the FDA announced that 13 generic drug manufacturers...

Panel finds FluMist effective in select younger children. (NEWS FROM THE FDA).(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... GAITHERSBURG, MD. -- A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel agreed in a 16-0 vote that Med-Immune's FluMist vaccine was effective in preventing influenza for children aged 12-59 months who don't have a history of wheezing. The panel...

Reclast, Altabax.(New & Approved)
June 1, 2007... Reclast Injection (zoledronic acid, Novartis Pharmaceuticals) An intravenously administered bisphosphonate approved for the treatment of Paget's disease of bone in men and women. A different dosage (4mg) of zoledronic acid (Zometa) has been...

Warning on tizanidine issued.(News)
June 1, 2007... The antispasticity drug tizanidine should not be used with fluvoxamine, ciprofloxacin, or Other CYP1A2 inhibitors, because of potentially dangerous interactions, according to a letter recently issued by the drug's manufacturer. Concomitant...

Bill benefits tobacco companies.(Editorial)
June 1, 2007... The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (S.625/ H.R.1108) amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of tobacco products by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Food and Drug...

Is physician-assisted suicide ever acceptable? It's never acceptable.(Viewpoint essay)
June 1, 2007... Physician-assisted suicide--prescribing or supplying drugs with the explicit intent of enabling the patient to end his or her own life--is wrong public policy because clinicians are unable to really know these patients and understand what these...

Is physician-assisted suicide ever acceptable? It's justified in rare cases.(Point/Counterpoint)(Viewpoint essay)
June 1, 2007... All of us agree that we should maximize the effectiveness of palliative care to address end-of-life suffering and to minimize patient requests for assisted death. The first step in assessing a request for assisted death--be it by stopping...

Primary care needs an overhaul.(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2007... I read with both amusement and despair the article, "'Recruiting Efforts Reach Out to Teens" (April 15, 2007, p. 1). Is this what we have been reduced to? Recruiting high school students for our field? Most high school graduates will not...

Cardiovascular disease tied to cognitive decline.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
June 1, 2007... NEW ORLEANS -- Brachial artery endothelial dysfunction is strongly correlated with subtle neurocognitive abnormalities, primarily in the realm of attention and executive function, in older cardiovascular patients with no clinical evidence of...

Post-CABG quitters will live longer.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(coronary artery bypass)
June 1, 2007... NEW ORLEANS -- Patients who quit smoking within a year after coronary artery bypass graft surgery prolong their life expectancy by an average of 3 years, Dr. Don Poldermans said at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. ...

Watch blood pressure in NSAID users.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... ORLANDO -- Chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents pro- motes sodium-retention weight gain and can cause blood pressure to rise by an average of 5 mm Hg, Dr. Matthew R. Weir said at a meeting sponsored by the National Kidney...

Get better cardiac risk estimates.(Expert Commentary)
June 1, 2007... An oninvasive screening tool, such as coronary artery calcium score, may be quite helpful for deciding whether to start lifelong therapy with aspirin and a lipid-lowering drug in people who are otherwise "on the fence" for this treatment. ...

Depression, anxiety erode cardiac rehab progress.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
June 1, 2007... WASHINGTON -- Depressed or anxious patients who are referred to cardiac rehabilitation programs are significantly more likely to comply poorly or have a poorer outcome than are patients without the conditions, Angele McGrady, Ph.D., reported at...

Oral osteoporosis therapy choices are expanding.(Metabolic Disorders)
June 1, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO -- Bisphosphonates remain the prime oral therapies for osteoporosis, but some competing agents might alter medical practice, Dr. Steven T. Harris said at a meeting on diabetes and endocrinology that was sponsored by the University...

Confirm osteoporosis by bone biopsy before treatment in advanced CKD.(Metabolic Disorders)
June 1, 2007... TAMPA -- Diagnosis of osteoporosis in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease cannot be accomplished simply on the basis of T score or bone fragility, Dr. Paul Miller said at the annual meeting of the International Society for Clinical...

Warn osteoporotic patients that T scores can mislead.(Metabolic Disorders)
June 1, 2007... SAN FRANCISCO -- A plateau in bone mineral density improvement while on antiresorptive therapy for osteoporosis does not mean the treatment has stopped working, Dr. Steven T. Harris said at a diabetes update sponsored by the University of...

Think metabolic error in cases of near-miss SIDS.(Metabolic Disorders)(sudden infant death syndrome)
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK -- If a child presents in the emergency department with near-miss sudden infant death syndrome or with a Reye's syndrome-like illness, one should consider the possibility of an inborn error of metabolism, Dr. Joan Shook said at a...

Male hypogonadism may be more prevalent than previously thought.(Metabolic Disorders)
June 1, 2007... SEATTLE -- Low-testosterone problems are not as rare as one might think because they're associated with two common conditions: erectile dysfunction and metabolic syndrome, Dr. Richard F. Spark said at the annual meeting of the American...

Gout and metabolic syndrome link reinforced by new data.(Metabolic Disorders)
June 1, 2007... The prevalence of metabolic syndrome may be nearly three times higher among individuals with gout, compared with unaffected individuals, judging from results of a recent data analysis. Other researchers have suggested a link between gout...

Gemfibrozil's benefit seen in kids with severe metabolic syndrome.(Metabolic Disorders)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... NEW ORLEANS -- Gemfibrozil produces multiple benefits in children with severe metabolic syndrome, including a sharp reduction in triglyceride levels, increased HDL cholesterol levels, and a decrease in elevated liver enzymes, Courtney M....

Continuous glucose monitor for kids is approved.(Metabolic Disorders)
June 1, 2007... Medtronic's real-time continuous glucose monitoring devices will be available for use in children aged 7-17 years later this year. The company's REAL-Time Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) systems, previously approved by the Food and Drug...

Long-acting insulin analogues' benefit questioned.(Metabolic Disorders)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The long-acting insulin analogues glargine and detemir offer only minor, if any, clinical benefit, according to Dr. K. Horvath and associates in the Cochrane Library's collaborative review group on metabolic and endocrine disorders. Given...

Some foot neuropathy responds to nerve surgery.(Metabolic Disorders)
June 1, 2007... TAMPA -- About a third of diabetic patients with foot neuropathy have pain and loss of sensation resulting from nerve compression, and these patients probably will benefit substantially from nerve decompression surgery, Dr. A. Lee Dellon said...

Sitagliptin add-on helps lower Hb[A.sub.1c].(Metabolic Disorders)
June 1, 2007... SEATTLE -- Sitagliptin can be safely added to other oral diabetes medications, producing a drop in hemoglobin [A.sub.1c] levels that averages about 0.7%, according to a report at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical...

Marker may help tailor antibiotic use in CAP.(Infectious Diseases)(community-acquired pneumonia)
June 1, 2007... MONTREAL -- In community-acquired pneumonia, overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics can be curbed with the help of biologic markers such as procalcitonin, according to Dr. Jean Chastre of the Hopital de la Pitie Salpetriere, Paris. Blood...

Deaths in MRSA, pneumonia may have involved a toxin.(Infectious Diseases)
June 1, 2007... MONTREAL -- The high mortality in community-acquired pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus may be largely due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin, according to Dr. Ian Gould, consultant microbiologist at the...

Implement new community-acquired pneumonia guidelines judiciously.(Infectious Diseases)
June 1, 2007... MONTREAL -- New guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia provide an excellent framework for site-of-care decisions, but they must be augmented with a good dose of clinical judgment, according to Glenn Tillotson, Ph.D. ...

Menactra appears to be reaching target teens.(Infectious Diseases)
June 1, 2007... KANSAS CITY, MO. -- The strategy of immunizing all children at the 11- to 12-year preadolescent visit and those entering high school with the new meningococcal conjugate vaccine appears to be working, according to preliminary Centers for...

Zostavax elicits antibody response in younger group.(Infectious Diseases)
June 1, 2007... BALTIMORE -- The herpes zoster vaccine is as immunogenic in adults aged 5059 as it is in those aged 60 and older, Santosh C. Sutradhar, Ph.D., reported at a conference on vaccine research sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious...

Sports team athletes, staff urged to take a shot at flu immunization.(Infectious Diseases)
June 1, 2007... QUEBEC CITY -- Promoting flu shots among sports team members is worth the effort, but it may be more difficult to convince the team's support staff, coaches, and trainers to follow suit, according to Dr. Robert McCormack, chief medical officer...

Topical imiquimod clears infantile hemangioma.(Skin Disorders)
June 1, 2007... MONTREAL -- Topical imiquimod 5% cream can dramatically reduce or resolve some infantile hemangiomas and could be a treatment option as early as the newborn phase, Dr. Marc Bourcier said at Dermatology Update 2007. This early, noninvasive...

Better criteria sought for melanonychia striata.(Skin Disorders)
June 1, 2007... AMELIA ISLAND, FLA. -- Every case of melanonychia striata must be evaluated individually, Dr. Richard K. Scher said at a symposium sponsored by the Dermatology Foundation. Longitudinal bands of pigmentation in nails are among the trickiest...

New criteria spot melanoma risk, need for total skin exam.(Skin Disorders)
June 1, 2007... PHOENIX -- An analysis of more than 350,000 reports from skin cancer screenings has identified five melanoma risk factors that can flag candidates for total skin examinations, Dr. Darrell S. Rigel reported at a clinical dermatology conference...

Focus on comorbidities, not tics, in Tourette's.(Mental Health)
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK -- Tourette's syndrome treatment should be targeted to improve comorbidities rather than on the characteristic vocal and motor tics, Dr. John T. Walkup said at a psychopharmacology update sponsored by the American Academy of Child and...

Brief counseling achieves the best cessation results.(Mental Health)
June 1, 2007... NEW ORLEANS -- Behavioral interventions aimed at smoking cessation showed modest albeit statistically significant efficacy in a new meta-analysis of 51 randomized controlled trials totaling nearly 27,000 smokers, Salvatore Mottillo reported at...

Chlamydia screening rates fall short of guidelines.(Women's Health)
June 1, 2007... SAN DIEGO -- Roughly two-thirds of new chlamydia cases are currently being missed because of lax attention to screening guidelines by primary care physicians, obstetrician-gynecologists, and pediatricians, Dr. David E. Soper said at the annual...

Gynecologic cancer tied to Lynch syndrome risk.(Women's Health)
June 1, 2007... SAN DIEGO -- More attention needs to be paid to the risk of hereditary colorectal cancer in women diagnosed with endometrial and ovarian cancers--and vice versa, according to studies reported at the annual meeting of the Society of Gynecologic...

Prenatal use of SSRIs.(Drugs, Pregnancy, And Lactation)(selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
June 1, 2007... Studies released over the last year have raised a spectrum of concerns regarding the use of antidepressants during pregnancy, whereas others have brought into focus the risk for new onset or relapse of depression during pregnancy and the impact...

MRI helps pinpoint the line in stress fractures.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... LAS VEGAS -- Imaging techniques can help to confirm stress fractures and distinguish them from other conditions, Dr. Christopher Beaulieu said at a symposium on emergency medicine sponsored by Stanford University. "I don't call it a stress...

Compartment test is moot if it is done before patients exercise.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
June 1, 2007... QUEBEC CITY -- Intracompartmental pressure testing is the only way to definitively diagnose chronic compartment syndrome, but the test is useless without first exercising the affected muscle, said Dr. Preston Wiley at the joint annual meeting...

Juvenile arthritis diagnosis is delayed when blood tests are negative.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)(Clinical report)
June 1, 2007... BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND -- Referral of a child with inflammatory arthritis is likely to be delayed if diagnosis is based solely on blood tests and not on physical findings, according to initial study results presented at the annual meeting of the...

Nasal steroids, shots are best for seasonal allergies.(Pulmonary Medicine)
June 1, 2007... KEYSTONE, COLO. -- Nasal corticosteroids remain the first fine of treatment for most patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis, according to Dr. Harold S. Nelson. "Nasal steroids started before the beginning of the season [work well]," Dr....

Sleep problems dog many allergic rhinitis sufferers.(Pulmonary Medicine)
June 1, 2007... SAN DIEGO -- People with allergic rhinitis report more sleep problems during winter, compared with the general population, Dr. Eli Meltzer said in a poster session at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and...

COPD, comorbid pneumonia present diagnostic and treatment challenges.(Pulmonary Medicine)
June 1, 2007... MONTREAL -- Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may need more aggressive therapy when they co-occur with pneumonia, said Dr. Charles Chan, professor of medicine at the University of Toronto and head of respirology at...

Home allergy test kits deemed substandard and incomplete.(Pulmonary Medicine)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... SAN DIEGO -- An increasing number of allergy tests are available on the Internet, and many are of unproven value, Dr. Helen Smith reported during a poster session at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology....

Transformative events help teens lose weight.(Obesity)
June 1, 2007... PHILADELPHIA -- An "ah-ha!" moment can be the key to teen weight loss. Adolescents who experience a "transformative event"--an experience that changes their self-concept with regard to weight or exercise--are apparently more likely to lose...

Risks revealed for gastric bypass complications.(Obesity)
June 1, 2007... LAS VEGAS -- Being male and having a higher than normal preoperative hemoglobin [A.sub.1c] level were significantly associated with having a major complication following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, results from an ongoing single-center...

Aspirin's chemopreventive effects seen at 10 years.(Digestive Disorders)
June 1, 2007... Taking 300 mg of aspirin daily for at least 5 years was shown to prevent colorectal cancer in an analysis of two large randomized trials. The effect was seen beginning 10 years after treatment was initiated. Although this strategy might be...

Data shed light on incomplete colonoscopy.(Digestive Disorders)
June 1, 2007... Performing a colonoscopy in a private office or clinic rather than a hospital triples the likelihood that the procedure will be incomplete, reported Dr. Hemant A. Shah and associates in an article in the June issue of Gastroenterology. The...

Genes in the news.(Genomic Medicines)
June 1, 2007... Have you looked at your local newspaper today? Odds are that there is a news tidbit related to a genetic breakthrough buried within its pages. Moreover, whereas the genetics-related news article of 5 years ago likely reported on a discovery...

Coping profiles may help treat abdominal pain.(Clinical Rounds)
June 1, 2007... MILWAUKEE -- Six clinically meaningful profiles of pain-coping strategies emerged in a cross-sectional study of 699 children with chronic abdominal pain. The findings may have implications for understanding differences in psychosocial...

Myoclonus, fever, tremors may signal serotonin syndrome.(Clinical Rounds)
June 1, 2007... NEW YORK -- A patient who presents with acute changes in behavior, myoclonus, hyperreflexia, fever, and sweating may be exhibiting symptoms of the serotonin syndrome, which is one of the highest-risk adverse drug reactions emergency physicians...

Seasonal shifts in surgical outcomes confirmed; survey findings lend weight to the July Effect theory, but the underlying causes of the variations are unclear.(Clinical Rounds)
June 1, 2007... COLORADO SPRINGS -- The July Effect appears to be both real and potent. Surgical morbidity and mortality are substantially greater in large academic medical centers in July--when new residents come aboard--than later in the academic year,...

Pertussis booster goes beyond 5 years.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The acellular pertussis booster vaccine provides immunity that persists beyond 5 years in adolescents, and it likely will do the same in adults, reported Dr. Karl Edelman of Turku (Finland) University Hospital and her associates. They...

Diabetes therapy and cognitive effects.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Intensive diabetes therapy, with its attendant recurrent episodes of severe hypoglycemia that can cause seizures and coma, doesn't seem to impair cognitive function over the long term in people with type 1 diabetes, said Dr. Alan M. Jacobson,...

Couch tater tots.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... About 40% of America's infants are watching television, DVDs, or videos by 3 months of age, according to Dr. Frederick J. Zimmerman and his associates at the University of Washington, Seattle. The median age for initiating TV viewing in...

Charging for "free' services: the next time you manage to fill an hour responding to patients' e-mails, completing camp forms, or researching referrals, consider this: some family physicians are starting to bill their patients for all that extra time. In this month's column, Dr. Kathleen A. Saradarian explains how she sets her free policy for patients.(The Office)(Column)
June 1, 2007... Some insurance plans have indicated that as long as the patient is aware of these charges ahead of time, the charges are fair game. Others have sent warnings that the patient can be charged only copays, deductibles, and coinsurance, thus...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition gains troops.(Practice Trends)
June 1, 2007... DENVER -- The Heart Rhythm Society and a disparate collection of 29 other organizations have joined forces to create the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition to advocate for increased research and education regarding the killer of more than 250,000...

CMS nixes coverage of nerve stimulation for depression.(Practice Trends)
June 1, 2007... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has determined that it will not cover vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression. The therapy, marketed by Cyberonics Inc. of Houston, has been used successfully in epilepsy...

CMS urged to improve efficiency.(Policy & Practice)(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Medicare patients who see an "'outlier generalist," a physician who treats a disproportionate share of overly expensive patients, were more likely to have been hospitalized, more likely to have been hospitalized multiple times, and more likely...

Overcrowded hospitals riskier?(Policy & Practice)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Hospitals that operate at or over their capacity might be at increased risk of adverse events that injure patients, according to a study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Woman's Hospital, both in...

N.H. Rx law struck down.(Policy & Practice)(New Hampshire)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A federal judge in New Hampshire has struck down a state law that banned the commercial use of provider-identifiable prescription information, finding that it is "unconstitutionally restricted speech." Judge Paul Barbadoro ruled in favor of...

Debridement restrictions lifted.(Policy & Practice)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) said it has succeeded in its drive to remove restrictive language from a Medicare carrier's draft local coverage determination on wound care. The restriction would have affected physicians in...

IT bill would aid small practices.(Policy & Practice)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... In an effort to help physicians who want to adopt health information technology (HIT) systems but can't afford the investment, Reps. Charlie Gonzalez (DTex.) and Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) have introduced legislation that would provide grants, loans,...

Adults disregard MDs' orders.(Policy & Practice)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Forty-four percent of U.S. adults say they or an immediate family member have ignored a doctor's course of treatment or sought a second opinion because they felt the doctor's orders were unnecessary or overly aggressive, according to a survey....

Pay for performance stirs ethical concerns.(Practice Trends)
June 1, 2007... SAN DIEGO -- Pay-for-performance programs must be designed to avoid putting some of the most vulnerable patient populations at risk, officials with the American College of Physicians warned at the organization's annual meeting. Although...

Physicians want registry data as basis for quality reporting.(Practice Trends)
June 1, 2007... BALTIMORE -- Outcomes registries, not claims data, should be the base for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative next year, physicians and their representatives said at a forum held in May by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services....

Honey, I shrunk the ulcer.(INDICATIONS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, have found that slathering a diabetic ulcer in honey helps it overcome methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Dr. Jennifer Eddy and her colleagues have seen positive results...

Fly me to the moon.(INDICATIONS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Perhaps a slightly less appetizing solution to MRSA in diabetic ulcers comes from the University of Manchester (England), where Dr. Andrew Boulton and his colleagues have been using maggots to treat 13 diabetic patients with MRSA-infected foot...

But never on a sundae.(INDICATIONS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Further news in the world of culinary-based diabetes treatment: A group at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has found that adding powdered tart cherries to the diets of diabetic rats lowered their markers of metabolic syndrome. Notably,...

No duped doggie dads.(INDICATIONS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A biotech company has devised a DNA test that can determine whether a show dog is a purebred or simply a handsome mutt, the Washington Post reports. The company, MetaMorphix Inc., markets the test under the name Canine Heritage (and not,...

Less flake, less shake.(INDICATIONS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... New research shows that the active ingredient in many antidandruff shampoos could have a beneficial effect on epileptic seizures. Researcher Qiaojie Xiong and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, publishing their results in Nature...

Tumbled weed.(INDICATIONS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D., and his team at the State University of New York, Albany, reported in Harm Reduction Journal that marijuana users who said they usually consumed the drug by heating it and inhaling the fumes had far fewer lung problems...

Wal-Mart to open 2,000 RediClinics.(Practice Trends)
June 15, 2007... WASHINGTON -- Welcome to health reform, Wal-Mart style. In the past 2 years, Wal-Mart has established on-site medical clinics in 76 of its stores, and plans to open several thousand more clinics over the next 5 years. Last year, the company...

FP management of male urinary tract symptoms lacking: most are uneasy estimating prostate size.(News)
June 15, 2007... ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- Family physicians could do a better job managing lower urinary tract symptoms in male patients, suggested survey findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association. Not all family physicians...

Pap test guidelines may miss teens at high risk.(Women's Health)
June 15, 2007... ATLANTA -- Current cervical cancer screening guidelines may be insufficient for a subgroup of adolescent girls with high-grade dysplasia who are at risk for the development of invasive lesions, Dr. Michelle Vichnin reported at the annual...

Drug Use by Medicare enrollees in 2006.(VITAL SIGNS)(Table)(Brief article)
June 15, 2007... Drug Use by Medicare Enrollees in 2006 Anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs 3.8% Antidepressants 4.2% Thyroid medications 4.5% Ulcer and heartburn drugs 4.6%...