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OB/GYN Clinical Alert archives from May 2002
Outcome of preventive surgery and screening for breast and ovarian cancer in BRCA mutation carriers.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY
To PROSPECTIVELY DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF GENETIC COUNSELing and testing on risk-reduction strategies and cancer incidence in a cohort of individuals at hereditary risk for breast and ovarian cancer, Scheuer and...
Evaluation of a consumer-oriented internet health care report card.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY
Synopsis: Consumer-oriented rating systems of hospitals may successfully categorize groups of hospitals but do not accurately reflect differences among individual hospitals.
Source: Krumholtz H, et al. JAMA....
OTC antifungal drug misuse associated with patient-diagnosed vulvovaginal candidiasis.(over-the-counter)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY
Synopsis: Slightly more than one half of women who purchased antifungal vaginal medications in this survey had demonstrable vulvovaginal candidiasis.
Source: Ferris D, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2002;99: 419-425.
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Oral contraceptives and ovarian cancer.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY
Synopsis: Oral contraceptives protect against ovarian cancer, but it is not clear whether specific progestins are more effective than others.
Source: Schildkraut JM, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002;94:32-38.
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Survival effect of maximal cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian carcinoma during the platinum era.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY
Synopsis: During the platinum era, maximal cytoreductive surgery was one of the most powerful determinants of cohort survival among patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
Source: Bristow R, et al. J Clin Oncol....
Current management of Rh and Kell sensitization. (Special Feature).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... SINCE THE ADVENT OF ANTI D IMMUNE GLOBULIN, THE incidence of Rh sensitization and, consequently, erythroblastosis fetalis has plummeted--but not to zero. We generally are following 2 or 3 patients a month who are either Kell or Rh sensitized as...
Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Source: Ruitenberg A, et al. Lancet. 2002;359:281-286.
OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES INDICATE Saluary effects of moderate alcohol consumption (MAC) upon incidence of stroke and myocardial infarction. Since some portion of dementia is attributable...
Benefit of atrial pacing in sleep apnea syndrome. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Source: Garrigue S, et al. Engl J Med. 2002;346:404-412.
SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (SAS) HAS A diversity of immediate and distant consequences, including disrupted sleep, daytime fatigue resulting in traffic accidents, hypertension, increased...
Metabolic syndrome among US adults. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Source: Ford ES, et al. JAMA. 2002; 287:356-359.
THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IS DEFINED as the presence of 3 or more of 5 potential measurements : 1) abdominal obesity (waist circumference > 102 in men,> 88 cm in women); 2) hypertriglyceridemia...
Trial' prescriptions to reduce drug wastage. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Source: Paterson JM, Anderson GM. Am J Manag Care. 2002;8:151-158.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT PRESCRIBED medications are often not used by patients, current statutes in most clinical settings do not allow patients to return unused medications...
Cognitive functioning of long-term heavy cannabis users seeking treatment. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Source: Solowij N, et al. JAMA. 2002;287:1123-1131.
WHETHRE LONG-TERM HEAVY cannabis (LHC) use is associated with persistent impairment of cognitive function (COG) is an important public health issue not only because of the ponderous number...
A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, flexible-dose study of fluoxetine in the treatment of women with Fibromyalgia. (Clinical Briefs in Primary Care).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Source: Arnold LM, et al Am J Med 2002;112:191-197.
BEST MANAGEMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA (FMG) remains a difficult challenge for most clinicians. Although meta-analyses suggest that tricyclic antidepressants are moderately effective, trials...