Family Practice News articles from October 2004

Family Practice News archives from October 2004

Phlebology offers practice option.(News)
October 1, 2004... A growing number of physicians are pumped up about phlebology. "There have been some revolutionary things happening" in treatments for varicose veins and other venous problems in recent years, said Dr. Steven E. Zimmet, president-elect of...

Family medicine residents graduating from ACGME-accredited specialty programs.(Vital Signs)(Accredited Specialty Programs)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
October 1, 2004... Family Medicine Residents Graduating From ACGME-Accredited Specialty Programs 1999 2001 2003 Men 55% 54% 51% Women 45% 46% 49% Note: Table made from bar graph. Notes: Based on a survey...

Louisiana gives psychologists the right to prescribe; state enacts legislation over objections of family physicians, psychiatrists, and AMA.(Practice Trends)
October 1, 2004... Many physicians are reeling from the latest blow in the battle over psychologist prescribing privileges. In May, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco signed into law House Bill 1426, which grants prescribing privileges to specially trained...

Rimonabant may reverse the metabolic syndrome: drug blocks cravings for sweets and fats.(News)
October 1, 2004... MUNICH -- The investigational drug rimonabant, first in a new class of agents known as selective endocannabinoid type 1 receptor blockers, is looking more and more like the real deal: a potential blockbuster drug causing sustained weight loss...

Duloxetine gains FDA approval for diabetic polyneuropathy.(News)
October 1, 2004... After a 6-month priority review, the Food and Drug Administration last month approved duloxetine for managing pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, a symptom of nerve damage that affects up to 5 million Americans with diabetes....

Bush, Kerry proposals offer different strategies, costs.(News)
October 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are offering the public vastly different approaches to reforming health care and covering the uninsured, according to an analysis from the American Enterprise Institute. Sen. Kerry's...

FDA allows health claim for foods containing omega-3 fatty acids.(News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... The Food and Drug Administration has announced that the labels of foods containing omega-3 fatty acids now can state that consumption of these products--primarily oily fish, such as salmon, lake trout, tuna, and herring--may help reduce the...

Black box recommended for antidepressants.(News)
October 1, 2004... BETHESDA, MD. -- A black box warning alerting prescribers to the risk of suicidal behavior and ideation with antidepressant use in children and adolescents will likely be added to antidepressant labels, as recommended by the majority of the...

Physicians still back clinical trials registry.(News)
October 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- The pharmaceutical industry's new Web-based database on U.S. clinical drug trial results doesn't eliminate the need for required trial registration, physician groups say. On Oct. 1, the Pharmaceutical Researchers and...

Congress upset by dearth of antidepressant data.(News)
October 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- For at least 6 months, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations has been seeking to determine what the Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical manufacturers know about safety and efficacy of...

CDC probes infections acquired in overseas cosmetic surgery.(News)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
October 1, 2004... NEW YORK -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local public health departments are investigating a series of cases of aggressive nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in patients who have undergone cosmetic surgery in the...

More are uninsured as employers drop coverage.(News)
October 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- The number of people in the United States without health insurance rose to 45 million in 2003. U.S. Census Bureau data show. The increase from 2002 to 2003 amounted to 1.4 million uninsured Americans, with the percentage of...

Health care 2004: you decide: the Kerry proposal presented.(Opinion)
October 1, 2004... John Kerry understands that our health care system faces important challenges and it will require national leadership to meet them. The number of people who do not have health care coverage is going up, overall health care costs are going...

Health care 2004: you decide: the Bush proposal presented.(Opinion)
October 1, 2004... Americans can take pride that we have the best health care in the world--committed doctors and nurses, state-of-the-art medical devices, and life-saving prescription drugs. Despite our successes, there are still too many gaps in quality, too...

Decreasing the disparities.(Guest Editorial)
October 1, 2004... The composition of our health care workforce does not reflect the composition of this nation. For patients, race and ethnicity play a role in the quality of care available to minority groups, according to the 2002 Institute of Medicine report,...

Is carotid stenting primary treatment for extracranial carotid artery disease?(Pro & Con)
October 1, 2004... [YES] Study results have proved that carotid stenting is not inferior to carotid endarterectomy for treating patients with comorbid conditions, and for treating low- to moderate-risk patients. This is supported by the results from two...

Letters.(Opinion)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... FAMILY PRACTICE NEWS received a huge response to "Maintaining Certification," a Guest Editorial written by Dr. Richard Feldman (Aug. 15, 2004, p. 10). Below are some of the comments: Dr. Lance Duvall, Georgetown, S.C. I cannot agree...

Blood pressure control falls behind for Hispanics.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
October 1, 2004... ATLANTA -- Hispanics have the lowest rates of hypertension treatment and control in the United States, and hypertension-related mortality in this population is on the rise, according to data from several studies presented at a prevention...

Local approach effective for reducing disparities; the focus should be placed on screening rather than diagnosis. Screenings should be used to educate.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
October 1, 2004... ATLANTA -- Eliminating the racial and ethnic disparities in heart disease and stroke in the United States will require new models of care and innovative, community-based collaborations and programs, experts agreed at a prevention conference on...

Survival benefit halts trial of heart failure drug for blacks.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
October 1, 2004... A phase III clinical trial of a nitric oxide--enhancing medication for congestive heart failure was halted early based on significant survival benefits in treated patients. "It was quite extraordinary for the trial to be stopped. The Data...

Nifedipine safety debate resolved by ACTION trial.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
October 1, 2004... MUNICH -- A sometimes heated 9-year controversy regarding the safety of calcium channel blocker therapy in patients with stable coronary disease has finally been resolved in favor of the drug class, based on findings from a definitive long-term...

Dronedarone cuts arrhythmia recurrences without toxicity.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
October 1, 2004... MUNICH -- A new antiarrhythmic drug for atrial fibrillation, designed to offer the efficacy of amiodarone without its toxicities, was safe and effective in a pair of phase III studies that together involved 1,237 patients. The results...

Inactivity better than BMI at flagging heart risk.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(Body mass index)
October 1, 2004... Physical reactivity and high body mass index are not necessarily equivalent in terms of predicting disease risk in women, according to findings from two studies. Inactivity predicted increased heart disease risk in women with suspected...

Chest pain in children is frequently benign: expert outlines how to identify children most likely to have cardiac dysfunction.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
October 1, 2004... MIAMI -- Most instances of chest pain in children are benign and are seldom associated with serious pathology, as illustrated by five patient cases presented at a pediatric pulmonology meeting sponsored by the American College of Chest...

New rotavirus vaccine enters phase III trials.(Infectious Diseases)
October 1, 2004... TAMPERE, FINLAND -- A new vaccine for acute gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus shows some promise for protecting infants of a wide age range, especially in severe cases of the disease, Dr. Timo Vesikari said at the annual meeting of the...

Early ear infections associated with risk of later problems.(Infectious Diseases)
October 1, 2004... SALT LAKE CITY -- Ear infections during the first year of life were associated with increased likelihood of tympanostomy tube placement and recurrent acute otitis media at age 10 years, Howard Hoffman reported in a poster presentation at the...

Many OTC cough remedies no more effective than placebo.(Infectious Diseases)(Over-the-counter)
October 1, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO -- Two commonly used over-the-counter cough remedies didn't work any better than placebo in a randomized, double-blind trial in 100 children with upper respiratory infections, Dr. Ian M. Paul said in a poster presentation at the...

Few adverse events seen with bacterial conjunctivitis treatments.(Infectious Diseases)
October 1, 2004... ROCKVILLE, MD. -- A subconjunctival hemorrhage was the only pediatric adverse event reported for ophthalmic moxifloxacin during a recent 10-month period, Dr. J. Harry Gunkel said at a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration's pediatric...

Egg-free flu vaccine appears effective in elderly.(Infectious Diseases)
October 1, 2004... ARLINGTON, VA. -- An investigational egg-free influenza vaccine created in insect cells continued higher rates of immunity than the licensed egg-based flu vaccine in a group of 399 elderly patients, Daniel Adams reported at a conference on...

Lactobacillus doesn't prevent yeast infections.(Infectious Diseases)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Lactobacillus taken after a course of antibiotics for a nongynecologic infection does not prevent vaginal yeast infections, reported Dr. Marie Pirotta and her colleagues at the University of Melbourne (Australia). in their 14-day...

Bite wound care depends on species of biter; dog bites are the most common, but cat and human bites carry a much higher risk of infection.(Infectious Diseases)
October 1, 2004... PARIS -- The risk of infection from bites varies considerably depending on the type of wound that is inflicted, and therefore careful assessment and treatment are required, according to wound experts speaking at a meeting of the World Union of...

Congenital syphilis down in 2002, particularly in South.(Infectious Diseases)
October 1, 2004... The incidence of congenital syphilis declined 21% between 2000 and 2002, with the largest decreases occurring in the groups where the incidence had been highest--racial and ethnic minorities and women living in the South--the Centers for...

Derm Dx.(Skin Disorders)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... MIAMI BEACH -- This 72-year-old patient's complete blood count, CT chest scan, and bone marrow biopsy were normal. Histologic examination showed many histiocytes. There were also necrobiotic-appearing plasma cells. Work-up with serum...

Scratch beneath the surface to diagnose unusual itches.(Skin Disorders)
October 1, 2004... NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. -- Not all itches arise from skin problems, Dr. Jeffrey Bernhard said at the annual meeting of the Pacific Dermatologic Association. A few neurologic anomalies and systemic disorders can get patients scratching and...

Pigmentary anomalies along lines of Blaschko may be associated with CNS abnormalities.(Skin Disorders)(Central nervous system)
October 1, 2004... ROME -- Children with pigmentary anomalies along the lines of Blaschko should be watched for signs of central nervous system problems at least until the age of 2 years, Dr. Renu George reported at the 10th World Congress of Pediatric...

Diaper rash treatment targets Candida infection.(Skin Disorders)
October 1, 2004... ROME -- After almost 2 decades of rejection by the federal Food and Drug Administration, a topical treatment for Candida-associated diaper dermatitis may be on the horizon, Dr. Mary Spraker said at the 10th World Congress of Pediatric...

Diaper rash: common, yet poorly understood.(Skin Disorders)
October 1, 2004... ROME -- Although diaper dermatitis is exceedingly common, its etiology is only partially understood, and treatment options in the United States remain limited, Dr. Linda De Raeve said at the 10th World Congress of Pediatric Dermatology. ...

Bleach baths kill bacteria, dry atopic dermatitis in some patients.(Skin Disorders)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Bleach baths can be an effective tool for killing bacteria and helping to clear atopic dermatitis, Dr. Cheryl Lee Eberting said at a meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. Experts generally recommend 1/2 cup of...

Tools, self-image shape use of skin self-exams.(Skin Disorders)
October 1, 2004... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The frequency of performing thorough skin self-examinations is associated with the tools a person has to do the exams and how he or she views his or her body, according to studies presented at the annual meeting of the...

Short depression scale works in primary care.(Mental Health)
October 1, 2004... PARIS -- A 7-item rating scale for depression was as effective as the standard 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for depression in a study with 142 patients. Although the 17-item scale is considered the standard, "questions about its internal...

Depression therapy can be augmented to treat fatigue.(Mental Health)
October 1, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO -- Augmenting antidepressant therapy with a medication to treat fatigue may turn some patients who are partial responders into remitters, Dr. Edward Friedman said at a psychopharmacology congress sponsored by the Neuroscience...

10-year study: ADHD persists as boys become men.(Mental Health)
October 1, 2004... PARIS -- Boys diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder have a 56% chance of retaining the disorder into adulthood, according to a prospective, 10-year follow-up study of 112 boys. Among the boys with attention-deficit...

Atomoxetine effective treatment for ADHD with tic disorder.(Mental Health)
October 1, 2004... NEW YORK -- Atomoxetine appeared effective for children With severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and for those with comorbid tic disorder, speakers said in poster presentations at the annual meeting of the American...

Survey suggests ADHD overtreatment is unlikely.(Mental Health)(Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
October 1, 2004... HONOLULU -- Only half of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are being treated with medication, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, which used data from the National Health...

Suicide prevention strategies need to be specific.(Mental Health)
October 1, 2004... MIAMI -- Smaller, specific strategies for suicide prevention and intervention in understudied populations and minority groups need to be developed and implemented, researchers reported at the annual conference of the American Association of...

Pathological gambling differs in females, teens.(Mental Health)
October 1, 2004... WASHINGTON -- Women who meet the DSM-IV criteria for pathological gambling often have behaviors that distinguish their gambling and psychiatric profiles from those of adult male gamblers. Females appear to undergo a more rapid course of...

Dextromethorphan presents increasing abuse problem.(Mental Health)
October 1, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO -- Attracted by easy availability and admiring Internet sites, teenagers and young adults are increasingly abusing dextromethorphan, the active ingredient in over-the-counter cough syrups, Dr. Alexander E. Obolsky said at the...

Substance co-use may be barrier to office-based buprenorphine tx.(Mental Health)
October 1, 2004... CHICAGO -- The fear that opioid-addicted patients may co-use other substances while receiving buprenorphine therapy may be keeping some physicians who are authorized to prescribe the drug for opioid addiction from setting up office-based...

Radiation is unnecessary for some older breast ca patients.(Women's Health)
October 1, 2004... Adjuvant radiation may not be necessary for some women over age 70 who undergo lumpectomy for early breast cancer, but it still should be used in younger women, results of two large, randomized studies suggest. In recent years, adjuvant...

Monitor breast cancer patients for thyroid dysfunction.(Women's Health)
October 1, 2004... LOS ANGELES -- The prevalence of goiter and thyroid antibodies is higher than average in women with breast cancer, Dr. M. Ramazan Sekeroglu and colleagues said at the annual meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. These...

Breast ca mortality tied to age, stage at diagnosis.(Women's Health)
October 1, 2004... Women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50, or at an advanced stage at any age, are more likely to die from that cancer than from any other cause of death, according to a study of more than 400,000 breast cancer patients. Black women...

Hypothalamic amenorrhea responds to leptin.(Women's Health)
October 1, 2004... LIBSON -- Recombinant human leptin appears to normalize many of the hormonal defects associated with hypothalamic amenorrhea, Dr. Christos S. Mantzoros reported at the 12th International Congress of Endocrinology. The results of this...

New partner among top risk factors for bacterial vaginosis.(Women's Health)
October 1, 2004... SAN DIEGO -- The most significant risk factor for incident bacterial vaginosis among women at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases is exposure to a new sex partner, results from a small study suggest. The finding sheds new light on...

High incidence of bacterial vaginosis seen among lesbians.(Women's Health)
October 1, 2004... PHILADELPHIA -- Lesbians under age 30 commonly practice vaginal penetrative sex manually or with sex toys, yet have a poor understanding of the possible accompanying risk of bacterial vaginosis, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said in a poster presentation...

Limited hormone-free interval benefits patients on OCS.(Women's Health)
October 1, 2004... Montreal Bureau MONTREAL -- Limiting the hormone-free portion of OC regimens can reduce side effects and may improve contraceptive effectiveness, according to two studies presented at the World Congress on Fertility and Sterility. ...

Alinia tablets, Prevacid.(New & Approved)
October 1, 2004... Alinia Tablets (nitazoxanide, Romark Laboratories) The Food and Drug Administration approved nitazoxanide tablets for treatment of diarrhea caused by Giardia lamblia in patients aged 12 years and older and extended the age range for...

Esomeprazole effective in gastric ulcer healing: esomeprazole once a day more effective than twice-daily ranitidine, matches twice-daily lansoprazole.(Digestive Disorders)
October 1, 2004... SAN DIEGO -- The proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole worked better than ranitidine to heal gastric ulcers in patients on continuous therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Dr. Jay L. Goldstein reported in a poster presentation at the...

Stapled rectal resection resolves obstructed defecation.(Digestive Disorders)
October 1, 2004... FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- A procedure commonly used for treating internal hemorrhoids has now been successfully applied to correct a variety of rectal morphologic abnormalities that obstruct normal defecation, Dr. Antonio Longo said at a...

Computer analysis aids detection of colon polyps: computer-aided diagnosis equalized the detection accuracy between experts and nonexperts.(Digestive Disorders)
October 1, 2004... MIAMI BEACH -- Computer-aided diagnosis significantly improves physician detection of polyps using CT colonoscopy, especially for less experienced doctors, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray...

Surveillance colonoscopy performed too much, survey says.(Digestive Disorders)
October 1, 2004... American physicians tend to be too aggressive with surveillance colonoscopy after polypectomy, according to a nationwide survey by the National Cancer Institute. Colonoscopy is being performed more and more frequently, Dr. Pauline A....

Novel OA drug doesn't raise blood pressure.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
October 1, 2004... BERLIN -- The first of a new class of drugs, cyclooxygenase-inhibiting nitric-oxide donators, showed similar efficacy to rofecoxib for pain relief in osteoarthritis but was not associated with elevations in systolic blood pressure, Dr. Thomas...

What's behind temporomandibular joint disorders? A high comorbidity with functional pain syndromes led researchers to look beyond the joint for causes.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
October 1, 2004... Efforts to help patients with temporomandibular joint disorders are increasingly focusing on stress and other factors outside of the jaw joint. In the past, therapy has focused on the jaw joint itself. Invasive procedures to "fix" the...

Early arthritis clinics speed care to RA patients; critics take aim at the implication that primary care doctors are not fully capable of diagnosing RA.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
October 1, 2004... A handful of early arthritis clinics is quietly emerging in the United States, but unlike in Europe, where patients transition smoothly from primary care providers to specialists, turf battles and logistics may make for a rocky start on this...

Gout often accompanied by CV comorbidities.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
October 1, 2004... SAN DIEGO -- New evidence bolsters the notion that gout and hyperuricemia often go hand in hand with the development of cardiovascular disease and shores up expectations that gout and hyperuricemia could become more prevalent as Americans...

More data link fibromyalgia, mood disorders.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
October 1, 2004... SAN DIEGO -- New data support the possibility that a common heritable factor puts people at risk for both major mood disorder and fibromyalgia, Dr. Lesley M. Arnold said at a psychopharmacology congress sponsored by the Neuroscience Education...

Pharmacologic progress in fibromyalgia management, starting with gabalin.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
October 1, 2004... BERLIN -- The door stands open awaiting new, more effective therapies for fibromyalgia--and pregabalin seems poised to gain first entry, Dr. Dan Buskila said at the annual European Congress of Rheumatology. Pregabalin is an investigational...

Chronic headache common in fibromyalgia patients.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Three-fourths of fibromyalgia patients have chronic headache, about half with diagnosable migraine, according to an evaluation of 100 patients seen in a fibromyalgia clinic. Test scores showed that the headaches severely...

Treating vascular disease may impede dementia.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... BALTIMORE -- Treating the risk factors that cause vascular disease could slow the progression of preexisting dementia and possibly prevent its onset. Researchers are revisiting vascular disease as a factor in dementia and exploring how...

Poststroke aspirin-clopidogrel prescriptions more common.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... ATLANTA -- The use of aspirin and clopidogrel as combination antithrombotic therapy following ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack is increasing, Dr. Michael Frankel reported at a prevention conference on heart disease and stroke...

'Memory prescription' results register on PET.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... PHILADELPHIA -- For patients (and physicians) who want to maintain their brains, Dr. Gary W. Small has the prescription. His new book "The Memory Prescription: Dr. Gary Small's 14-Day Plan to Keep Your Brain and Body Young" (New York:...

Atypical neuroleptics are first line for agitation.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... NEW ORLEANS -- A typical neuroleptics appear to be the drugs of choice for agitated behavior in patients with dementia, but other drug options do exist, Dr. Michel]e S. Eslami said at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians....

Long-term beta carotene lessens Alzheimer's risk.(Clinical Rounds)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... PHILADELPHIA -- Long-term beta carotene supplementation could significantly reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Francine Grodstein, Sc.D., reported at the Ninth International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related...

Adult-onset asthma common but often missed.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... TORONTO -- Many physicians are unaware of the frequency of adult-onset asthma, and this is an important factor in the underdiagnosis of this condition, according to Dr. Raymond Slavin. "Up to 40% of asthmatics are at least 40 years old at...

Go back to the basics to diagnose pneumonia.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... PALM BEACH, FLA. -- Pneumococci are the leading culprits behind community-acquired pneumonia, but the etiology should be confirmed with a Gram stain to ensure appropriate treatment, Dr. Richard J. Duma said at a meeting on infectious diseases...

Positive phrasing gains positive results in URI treatment.(Clinical Rounds)(Upper respiratory infection)
October 1, 2004... SAN FRANCISCO -- If you think that a child with an upper respiratory infection doesn't need antibiotics, don't even say the "a-word" when talking with the parent. Focusing instead on what can be done to make the child feel better and more...

ePocrates Essentials, pocketRadio.(Digital Assistance)
October 1, 2004... Featured App: ePocrates Essentials Dedicated fans of Digital Assistance will recall our review of the ePocrates Rx drug reference in the Nov. 1, 2002, edition of INTERNAL MEDICINE NEWS. Although we make a conscious effort to present...

Lifestyle program lowers metabolic syndrome risk.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... ORLANDO, FLA. -- A hospital-based lifestyle intervention program significantly improved risk factors for metabolic syndrome in overweight children, Dr. Roshanak Monzavi reported at the annual scientific sessions of the American Diabetes...

Gastric bypass patients shed light on appetite.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... VANCOUVER -- An appetite-related hormone found in remarkably low levels in people who have had gastric bypass surgery offers important clues on the underlying causes of obesity, Dr. David Cummings said at a meeting of the Teratology Society....

Obesity.(Drug Update)
October 1, 2004... Withdrawal of the popular obesity drugs fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine (Redux) from the U.S. market in 1997 left Americans hungry for new obesity drugs with long-term efficacy. They're still waiting, as their waistlines continue to grow. ...

Strength training builds skill and coordination: parents may hesitate to let their children participate in strength training because of misconceptions.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... MONTEREY, CALIF. -- Strength training can build strength and neuromuscular coordination in prepubescent children. Dr. Holly Benjamin said at a meeting on pediatric and adolescent sports medicine sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics....

Age key to diagnosis in Salter-Harris I vs. sprain.(Clinical Rounds)
October 1, 2004... COPPER MOUNTAIN, COLO. -- Understanding age-related anatomical differences in pediatric bone permits clinical differentiation of a lateral ankle sprain from a Salter-Harris type I fracture of the distal fibula, Dr. K. Brooke Pengel said at the...

Acquiring H. pylori infection.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Helicobacter pylori infection may be transmitted by cohabiting individuals after outbreaks of gastroenteritis, reported Dr. Remi Laporte of the University of Lille (France) and associates. A high prevalence of H. pylori infection (42%)...

Depression: what works best?(Clinical Capsules)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Psychotherapy alone and combined with pharmacotherapy reduced symptoms of mild to moderate depression, but neither showed a clear advantage over the other, Frans de Jonghe, Ph.D., said, reporting on a study of two outpatient clinics in...

Risk of passive smoking.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... The cardiovascular risks of passive smoking have been underestimated because they've been based largely on studies of exposure to spousal smoking alone. A more accurate measure of overall secondhand smoke exposure showed that the excess risk of...