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
TO THE EDITOR: Antiemetics that block dopamine receptors (such as metoclopramide or prochlorperazine) are known to potentially cause all of the side effects associated with antipsychotic medications: akathisia, extra-pyramidal side effects, and acute
Author: Amber Huntzinger, Laura Coughlin
Date: March 1, 2005
* The secret to detecting the early stages of heart disease may be right at our fingertips. A recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found a correlation between patients who have blood vessel dysfunction in their extremities and those with the same affliction in their heart. Researchers say they hope noninvasive procedures, such as finger probes, can act as a screening tool to determine whether a patient should undergo more invasive tests or treatments. The study found that a simple 20-minute finger probe is highly successful in identifying heart problems in patients with chest pain. The next step, according to the researchers, is to extend the study to patients who are not yet showing cardiac symptoms.
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