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ADDICTION/SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Prudent prescribing for patients with addictions
The 'meth' epidemic: Managing acute psychosis, agitation, and suicide risk
The consequences of sipping 'tea'
What common substances can cause false positives on urine screens for drugs of abuse?
What predicts a successful smoking cessation attempt?
More adolescents are gambling- with addiction
For women only: Hormones may prevent addiction relapse
ALLERGY
Do allergy shots help seasonal allergies more than antihistamines and nasal steroids?
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
New warnings on stimulants for ADHD: Cause for alarm?
Brain workouts boost attention
Transdermal methylphenidate
AUTISM
Anxiously looking for love
CANCER
NPWH Guidelines for Cervical Cancer Screening
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health Urges Support for HPV Screening
Did cancer treatment lead to fistula?
How to manage male breast cancer
Endometrial cancer
Breast reconstruction and the surgeon's role
6 questions and a case: When, why, and how to use radiation after mastectomy
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
What lifestyle changes should we recommend for the patient with newly diagnosed hypertension?
Are your patients with risk of CVD getting the viscous soluble fiber they need?
What is the best management for patients who have a TIA while on aspirin therapy?
Does stopping a statin increase the short-term risk of a cardiovascular event?
How accurate is the use of ECGs in the diagnosis of myocardial infarct?
A rapidly expanding aortic aneurysm
CONTRACEPTION
Hysteroscopic Sterilization
6 Practice Points: Hormonal contraception in women with medical conditions
Everything you need to know about the contraceptive implant
What is the risk of adverse outcomes in a woman who develops mild hypertension from OCs?
Oral contraceptives and breakthrough bleeding: What patients need to know
What are contraindications to IUDs?
DEPRESSION
Treatment-resistant depression: Are atypical antipsychotics effective and safe enough?
Postpartum depression or medical problem?
Making an IMPACT on late-life depression
6 safety rules for tapering antidepressants
DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS
Blisters during pregnancy- just with the second husband
What is the best treatment for mild to moderate acne?
Skin lesions mimicking septic arthritis
Two students, 2 tropical beaches, 2 injured feet
Itching and rash in a boy and his grandmother
A 47-year-old man with eruptions on his trunk
Does every allusion to possible suicide require the same response?
Dark brown scaly plaques on face and ears
DIABETES
What is the best medical therapy for new-onset type 2 diabetes?
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy: How reliable is a homemade 1-g monofilament for screening?
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
Common hernia repair yields uncommon finding
Current approaches to managing GI bleeding
A football-sized gastric mass in a health teen
What is the most beneficial diet for patients with diverticulosis?
Chronic constipation: Let symptom type and severity direct treatment
What's new in treatment of colonic fistulate
Managing colonic fistulae in Crohn's disease
HYSTERECTOMY
Vaginal hysterectomy: 6 challenges, an arsenal of solutions
Pelvic organ prolapse: Which operation for which patient?
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Hepatitis C: How to manage mood during interferon treatment
Important questions before flu season
Acute sinusitis: Which factors do FPs believe are most diagnostic and best predict antibiotic efficacy?
What is the best test for diagnosing infectious mononucleosis?
Can twice-weekly metronidazole keep recurrent BV in check?
Mumps epidemic in 2006: Are you prepared to detect and prevent it?
Hepatitis C and interferon: Watch for hostility, impulsivity
INFERTILITY
Hot to treat depression, stress associated with infertility treatment
MENOPAUSE
4 cases that test your skill: Workup for premenopausal breast complaints
Which works better: Vaginal or oral estrogen for atrophy and dyspareunia?
Nonestrogen therapies for menopausal symptoms
Menopause
NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
Parkinson's disease: How practical are new recommendations?
An easy approach to evaluating peripheral neuropathy
Traumatized Troops: How to treat combat-related PTSD
Traumatic brain injury: Choosing drugs to assist recovery
OBESITY
What behavioral interventions are safe and effective for treating obesity?
Beating Obesity: Help patients control binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome
OSTEOPOROSIS
Real-life risks and benefits of fracture-reducing drugs
Knee osteoarthritis: Should your patient opt for hyaluronic acid injection?
PEDIATRIC/ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
Are antipsychotics overprescribed for children?
Overweight youth: Changing behaviors that are barriers to health
Detecting overweight children in primary care: Do national data reflect the typical urban practice?
What are appropriate screening tests for adolescents?
What are effective treatments for oppositional defiant behaviors in adolescents?
Dealing with school refusal behavior: A primer for family physicians
What is the appropriate management of iron deficiency for young children?
What is the best treatment for infants with colic?
PREGNANCY/OBSTETRICS
Obstetric Emergencies: Diagnosis and safe management of placenta previa
OB Dilemmas: Is this induction necessary?
Traumatic stress disorders following first-trimester spontaneous abortion
What are the risks and benefits of elective induction for uncomplicated term pregnancies?
Can stillbirth be predicted?
Management of lupus flare
Is patient-choice primary cesarean rational?
Crash cesarean section: What is your decision-to-delivery time?
Ectopic pregnancy: Expectant management or immediate surgery?
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Which antipsychotic do I choose next?
Reducing guesswork in schizophrenia treatment
Avoiding EPS is key to realizing 'atypical' benefits
SEIZURE DISORDERS
Eye-opening behaviors help diagnose nonepileptic seizures
THYROID DISORDERS
How to manage voice changes after thyroidectomy
UROLOGIC DISORDERS
Interstim: An implantable device for implacable urinary symptom
Is urodynamic testing reliable?
Can a questionnaire differentiate urge and stress incontinence?
Drug therapy for incontinence: New agents, new applications
Things go better with Burch
VACCINES
Should patients receive 23-valent pheumococcal vaccination more than once?
What vaccinations are indicated after splenectomy?
How should we manage a patient with a positive PPD and prior BCG vaccination?
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