Primary Care Reports articles from March 2005

Primary Care Reports archives from March 2005

An overview of osteopathic medicine: principles and practice.
March 1, 2005... Osteopathic medicine is parallel and distinct from allopathic medicine. It has been practiced for more than 100 years. Its founder, Andrew Taylor Still, MD, formulated a philosophy of medical care that, while not unique in the history of...

Physician CME questions.(continuing medical education)
March 1, 2005... 15. The founder of osteopathic medicine was: A. Hippocrates. B. Jones. C. Still. D. Mitchell. E. Burns. 16. Which of the following are included in the diagnostic criteria of somatic dysfunction? A. Sensitivity,...

Treatment of recent-onset AF with the pill-in-the-pocket.(atrial fibrillation )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Source: Alboni P, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:2384-2391. ALTHOUGH CHRONIC ORAL ANTIARYTHMIC prophylaxis and catheter ablation both enjoy great success for preventing recurrences of atrial fibrillation (AF), some patients are not...

Antibody responses after intradermal flu vaccination.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Source: Belshe RB, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:2286-2294. THE YEAR 2004 WAS UNUSUAL IN REFERENCE to problematic shortages of influenza vaccine (FLUVAX), resulting in vaccine rationing. One of the methods that might reduce the actual...

Isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine in HF.(heart failure)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Source: Taylor AL, et al. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:2049-2057. NEUROHUMORAL MODULATORS SUCH as ACE inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, beta blockers, and aldosterone have all shown meaningful benefit for patients with chronic heart...

Acetyl-L-carnitine improves pain, nerve regeneration, and vibratory perception.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Source: Sima AF, et al. Diabetes Care. 2005;28:96-101. DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (DPN), with or without diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP), is a commonplace and consequential complication of diabetes (DM). Treatment of DPNP...

Levodopa and the progression of Parkinson's disease.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Source: The Parkinson Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:2498-2508. LEVODOPA (LDPA) HAS PROVEN A very valuable treatment for Parkinson's disease (PAR). Since PAR is characterized by a progressive decline in production of dopamine due to...

Lifestyle, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors 10 years after bariatric surgery.
March 1, 2005... Source: Sjostrom L, et al. N Engl d Med. 2004;351:2683-2693. THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF obesity include increased cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes (DM), and dyslipidemia. Although surgical interventions have provided meaningful...

The risk of aspirin withdrawal in ACS patients.(acute coronary syndrome)
March 1, 2005... Stopping aspirin may be hazardous to your health, according to recent research. Patients with heart disease who developed acute coronary syndrome (ACS) were questioned to determine whether their aspirin therapy had recently been interrupted....

Neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia.
March 1, 2005... Treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia represents one of the biggest challenges in primary care. Dementia is diagnosed by the loss of cognitive function, but other symptoms are often more prominent including agitation,...

FDA actions.
March 1, 2005... Pfizer has received FDA approval to market pregabalin (Lyrica) for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy and post-herpetic neuralgia, the 2 most common types of neuropathic pain. Pregabalin was shown to be effective in a...