Apr. 15-17: Coronary heart disease update. Aruba. (11 hrs: P) Sponsor: Medical Education Resources. Contact Stephen Mattingly: 303-798-9682. Apr. 26-May 5: International family medicine: Iceland. Iceland. (10 hrs: P) Sponsor: University of New
May 14-18: 4th Woodland Park medical staff symposium. Mediterranean. (10 hrs: P) Sponsor: Woodland Park Hospital. Contact Nancy Pritchard: 503-257-5670. Aug. 13-25: Challenges in medicine. Iceland/New York. (24 hrs: P) Sponsor: Professional Ed
Jun. 1-4, 2004: Conference of the European Society of General Practice/Family Medicine, WONCA region Europe. Amsterdam, Holland. Sponsor: Dutch College of General Practitioners (NHG). Contact Jolanda Bladt, Dutch College of General Practitioners, P.O.
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On February 13, 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that physicians temporarily suspend routine use of the fourth dose of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7, marketed as Prevnar) when vaccinating healthy c
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has created a clinical decision-support tool for personal digital assistants (PDAs) designed to help physicians quickly determine whether patients with community-acquired pneumonia should be treate
In this issue of American Family Physician, we begin an article series based on the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO[R]) course with an article on shoulder dystocia by Baxley and Gobbo. (1) The ALSO program was developed initially at the Univ
All Americans are exposed to pesticides. Among approximately 1,900 subjects selected in 1999 and 2000 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to represent the United States population six to 59 years of age, at least 90 perc
AFP recently reinforced its efforts in evidence-based medicine (EBM) with the addition of a new contributing editor, Henry C. Barry, M.D., M.S., who will help evaluate and apply the SOR (strength of recommendation) labeling taxonomy to review articles
TO THE EDITOR: Carisoprodol (Soma) is an unscheduled muscle relaxant commonly used in primary care. It is metabolized to meprobamate, a schedule IV barbiturate with a long history of abuse. A small but growing amount of literature is available regardi
Author: Amber Huntzinger, Laura Coughlin
Date: March 1, 2005
* There's something in the air, and it's affecting death rates in urban communities. A study published in JAMA found that short-term exposure to ozone pollution, caused by cars, power plants, and industry, was associated with higher death rates in 95 urban communities over a 14-year period. Short-term ozone exposure already has been linked to health problems and increased hospital visits, but the findings of previous studies linking ozone levels to mortality rates were inconsistent. Researchers from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies found that a 10-parts-per-billion increase in ozone levels within the previous week was associated with a 0.52 percent daily death rate hike and a 0.64 percent increase in cardiovascular- and respiratory-related deaths.
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