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OB/GYN Clinical Alert archives from August 2002
WHI trial arm with E/P finds an increase in breast cancer. (Special Report).(Women's Health Initiative; estrogen/progestrin)
August 1, 2002... Editor's note: With the recent lay media attention on the Will study and the HRT controversy, Dr. Speroff has focused the main part of this issue on the study in question. OB/GYN Clinical Alert subscribers receive Dr. Speroffs comment on the...
HERS II: follow-up report of the HERS trial. (Abstracts & Commentary).(Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study)
August 1, 2002... Synopsis: There was no cardiovascular benefit associated with hormonal treatment of women with coronary heart disease during 6.8 years of observation, and hormone treatment increases the rates of venous thromboembolism and biliary tract...
No shortage in sight for tetanus-diphtheria vaccine. (Pharmacology Watch).
August 1, 2002... he number of vaccine shortages has been unprecedented in the last year, but at least one vaccine, tetanus-diphtheria (Td), is back in full production. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that they are removing...
Creatine supplementation on anaerobic performance. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care[TM]).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Misic M, Kelley GA. Am J Sports Med. 2002;4:116-124.
MALE AND FEMALE ATHLETES OF all ages sometimes use supplementation with various herbal and medicinal substances touted to enhance performance, appearance, or energy levels....
Do delayed prescriptions reduce the use of antibiotics for the common cold? (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care[TM]).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Arroll B, et al. J Fam Pract. 2002;51:324-328.
DESPITE WELL-ESTABLISHED EDUcational principles that decry the use of antibiotics for viral upper respiratory infections (URI), clinicians continue to prescribe them both here and...
Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care[TM]).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Lederle FA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1437-1444.
ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (AAA) are responsible for 9000 deaths annually in the United States. Surgical procedures for elective AAA repair are performed over 30,000 times...
Falls in rural elders: an empiric study of risk factors. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care[TM]).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Richardson DR, et al. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2002;15:178-182.
ALMOST HALF OF PERSONS OLDER than 75 years fall each year. When these individuals subsequently fracture a hip, more than half will die within 12 months. Understanding the...
Secondary prevention of CHD. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care[TM]).(coronary heart disease)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Gaspoz JM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1800-1806.
ASPIRIN (ASA) FOR SECONDARY PREvention of cardiovascular disease end points has been widely used, based on cumulative experience which suggests that myocardial infarction, stroke,...
Use of ramipril in preventing stroke. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care[TM]).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Source: Bosch J, et al. BMJ. 2002;2:261-264.
AMONG THE FIRST-WORLD NATIONS, stroke remains the second leading cause of death. Encouraging results from trials of hypertension management indicate that control of blood pressure with a variety...