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This is a selection of articles from the December 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Primary Care headlines.
Managing the Patient Throughout the Course of RA: Three Case Studies
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - December 28, 2007 Tags: Rheumatology Source Type: info
December 28, 2007: In the News
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - December 28, 2007 Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: info
The Exchange Coalition - Identifying and Addressing Structural Factors Affecting HIV Prevention in African American Women on a National Basis.
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Source: Women and Health - December 28, 2007 Authors: Young AT, Washington KS, Jerman J, Tak H Tags: Women Health Source Type: info
HIV Discrimination and the Health of Women Living with HIV.
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Source: Women and Health - December 28, 2007 Authors: Wingood GM, Diclemente RJ, Mikhail I, McCree DH, Davies SL, Hardin JW, Harris Peterson S, Hook EW, Saag M Tags: Women Health Source Type: info
Fast Acting Cyanide Antidote Discovered Cure Likely To Benefit Firefighters, Industrial Workers, Victims Of Terrorism
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 28, 2007 Source Type: info
The Benefits of Tight Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
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Source: Clinical Cornerstone - December 27, 2007 Authors: Leroith D, Rayfield EJ Tags: Clin Cornerstone Source Type: info
Cardinal Recalls More Than 200,000 Alaris Pump Modules
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Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - December 27, 2007 Tags: Pharmacist Source Type: info
Practices lose 135 quality points under revised DoH deal
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Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 27, 2007 Source Type: info
Circulating leptin and ghrelin are differentially influenced by estrogen/progestin therapy and raloxifene.
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Source: Maturitas - December 27, 2007 Authors: Lambrinoudaki IV, Christodoulakos GE, Economou EV, Vlachou SA, Panoulis CP, Alexandrou AP, Kouskouni EE, Creatsas GC Tags: Maturitas Source Type: info
Californians Back Hiking Cigarette Tax by $2--Poll
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Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - December 26, 2007 Tags: Public Health & Prevention Source Type: info
Metabolic consequences of hyperglycemia and insulin resistance.
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Source: Clinical Cornerstone - December 25, 2007 Authors: Jellinger PS Tags: Clin Cornerstone Source Type: info
Introduction.
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Source: Clinical Cornerstone - December 25, 2007 Authors: Cannon CP Tags: Clin Cornerstone Source Type: info
Report from the Planning Group on Ethics Review in Social...
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 24, 2007 Source Type: info
Endometrial polyps in pre-and postmenopausal women: Factors associated with malignancy.
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Source: Maturitas - December 24, 2007 Authors: Cohen I Tags: Maturitas Source Type: info
Statement On The IRS Revised Form 990 And Schedule H, USA
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
Congress Approves Extension of SCHIP Program
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Source: AAFP Government and Medicine - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
New Mexico State Officials Announce Lower Cost Projections For Health Care Proposal
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
The Emerging Role of Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - December 21, 2007 Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: info
Lead Poisoning More Common Among Immigrant Children Than Other Children In New York City, Study Finds
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
Practice based commissioning
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
A personal approach to public services: shaping services...
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
Workforce planning resource
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
Patients With Chronic Conditions Worsened By Lack Of Disaster Plan During Hurricane Katrina, Study Says
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
Ten Young People Honored As Champions Of Health And Wellness In Their Communities, USA
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
PCTs miss breast cancer screening targets
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Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 21, 2007 Source Type: info
Hospitalist Care Associated With Shorter Length of Stay for Common Diagnoses
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 21, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
Health Dept Urges World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees To Complete Follow-Up Survey By December 31
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 20, 2007 Source Type: info
Even Active Video Games Not Good Enough For Kids' Fitness
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Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 20, 2007 Source Type: info
Health and safety: new guidance for directors
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 20, 2007 Source Type: info
The role and management of community first responders:...
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 20, 2007 Source Type: info
COPD increases fracture risk
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Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 20, 2007 Source Type: info
Nursing shortage hampers neonatal care
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Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 20, 2007 Source Type: info
Healthcare seeking and treatment for menopausal symptoms in the United States.
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Source: Maturitas - December 20, 2007 Authors: Williams RE, Kalilani L, DiBenedetti DB, Zhou X, Fehnel SE, Clark RV Tags: Maturitas Source Type: info
Functional status and use of health care services: longitudinal study on the older adult population in Spain.
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Source: Maturitas - December 20, 2007 Authors: León-Muñoz LM, López-García E, Graciani A, Guallar-Castillón P, Banegas JR, Rodríguez-Artalejo F Tags: Maturitas Source Type: info
Telbivudine at Least as Effective as Lamivudine for Treating Hep B
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 20, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
Experience and attitudes toward menopause in Chinese women living in Sydney--a cross sectional survey.
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Source: Maturitas - December 20, 2007 Authors: Liu J, Eden J Tags: Maturitas Source Type: info
Functional foods and physical activities in health promotion of aging people.
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Source: Maturitas - December 20, 2007 Authors: Ferrari CK Tags: Maturitas Source Type: info
Young mother celebrates birth of FIFTH child aged just 21... but they don't claim benefits
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Source: the Mail online | Women - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Hypertensive man has had lisinopril increased to 15mg OD. U&E done 2 wks later eGFR had dropped to 45 from 60. Little change in creatinine and potassium and systemically unchanged otherwise.How should he be managed pharmacologically?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - December 19, 2007 Tags: Assessment and Diagnosis Cardiovascular disease Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Obese Queue Up Longer for Kidney Transplants
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Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Will an accelerated course of hepatitis B vaccine cause an isolated raised ALT (abnormal liver function test)?
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Source: NLH Question Answering Service - December 19, 2007 Tags: Causes Risks and Prevention Infectious disease Treatment and Disease Management Source Type: info
Body Mass Index and Fatigue Severity in Chronic Fatigue...
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Perspectives of Family Medicine Physicians and Licensed...
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Rural Areas Confronting Challenge Of Providing Health Services To Influx Of Hispanic Immigrants
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
People with learning disabilities, carers and care workers awareness of health risks and implications for primary care
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Source: Family Practice - December 19, 2007 Authors: Young, A. F, Chesson, R. A, Wilson, A. J Tags: Qualitative Research Source Type: info
CT Pulmonary Angiography and V/Q Lung Scans Similarly Accurate for Excluding PE
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 19, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
Abnormal bleeding patterns associated with menorrhagia in women in the community and in women presenting to primary care
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Source: Family Practice - December 19, 2007 Authors: Shapley, M., Jordan, K., Croft, P. R Tags: Primary Care Epidemiology Source Type: info
FDA Device Clearances: Bone Marrow Biopsy System, Ceramic Spinal Implant, Mobile Bearing Knee Implant
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Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - December 18, 2007 Tags: Public Health & Prevention Source Type: info
Designing an Architecture for Change: Constructing Optimum Treatment Regimens for Type 2 Diabetes
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - December 18, 2007 Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: info
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Klinefelter Syndrome, and Chromosome 3p21.31 Duplication: A Case Report
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Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - December 18, 2007 Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: info
The baby doctors said I would never have: Cancer mum looking forward to Christmas with son
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Source: the Mail online | Women - December 18, 2007 Source Type: info
Mind Comments On The Closure Of Henderson Hospital, UK
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 18, 2007 Source Type: info
New CDC Study Finds 5.5 Percent Increase In Injury Mortality From 1999 To 2004
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 18, 2007 Source Type: info
Dry Eyes
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Source: MedicineNet Menopause General - December 18, 2007 Source Type: info
No Evidence That One Fracture-Prevention Treatment Outperforms Another
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 18, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
Poetry, writing, and caregiving: Technique and theory (Mark Marnocha PhD)
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Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - December 18, 2007 Source Type: info
Smokers increase risk of baby allergies
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Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Health inequality target monitoring: update to include data...
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Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed - December 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Global Standards for For Family Medicine (Jonathan Rodnick MD)
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Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - December 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Deciphering the Triadic Code: Integrating FFM, LCME and Program Guidelines in Clerkships (Jira Coumarbatch MD)
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Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - December 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Hepatitis C cases up 10%
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Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 16, 2007 Source Type: info
PCT budgets increase by 5.5%
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Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - December 16, 2007 Source Type: info
Long-Term Data Back Anastrozole Over Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer
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Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - December 16, 2007 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: info
Information from your family doctor. Sexually transmitted diseases-prevention and treatment for you and your partner.
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Source: American Family Physician - December 15, 2007 Tags: Am Fam Physician Source Type: info
Hospital Charges Increase By 90% From 1997 To 2005, Study Shows
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 14, 2007 Source Type: info
ONE Campaign Launches $1.8M Ad Initiative Urging Voters To Ask About Presidential Candidates' Positions On Global Development Issues
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 14, 2007 Source Type: info
Democrats Agree To Fiscal Year 2008 Spending Levels Requested By President Bush, Plan To Shift Funds To Health Care, Other Priorities
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Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - December 14, 2007 Source Type: info
Impact Of HIV/AIDS On Minority Populations, MSM 'Overlooked' By Presidential Candidates, Opinion Piece Says
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Source: Men's health News From Medical News Today - December 14, 2007 Source Type: info
CDC Updates Recommendations for Antiretrovirals After HIV Exposure
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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 14, 2007 Tags: Medical News Source Type: info
Relicensing roll-out to be based on PCOs
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Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News - December 13, 2007 Source Type: info
DoH plans to incentivise GPs for stroke strategy
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Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News - December 13, 2007 Source Type: info
Pancreatic cancer
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Source: HealthcareRepublic Clinical Articles - December 13, 2007 Source Type: info
Flu jabs a 'must' for CHD patients
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