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American Family Physician
November 1, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Family physicians need to become skilled at helping patients find the information on the Web that can be beneficial... Antihistamine use during pregnancy... In the case of natural medicines, the time for testing and regulation by FDA is past due... Antidepressants and smoking cessation...   |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Researchers disagree about whether attempts should be made to eradicate Helicobacter pylori in patients who have nonulcer dyspepsia... patients frequently neglect to follow the physician's recommendations... hypotension and abdominal pain... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2001 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Decision on epidural anesthesia... Tobacco cessation... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2003
Quinlan & Hill |
Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, commonly known as "morning sickness," affects approximately 80 percent of pregnant women. Physicians should carefully evaluate patients with nonresolving or worsening symptoms to rule out the most common causes of severe vomiting. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Presenting various aspects of the life of a family physician to a first grade class... Co-sleeping with children may be helpful... 38 herbal treatments have the potential to interact with warfarin... ASW joins the practice... Enjoying a livestock fair... |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice A patient struggles through PCOS with the help of a new treatment... A young man is remorseful after a drunken first sexual experience... Limiting time spent with "drug reps"... |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Much of what we do is episodic in nature, but the continuity of care family physicians provide can truly count... a potentially disastrous patient encounter can have a positive outcome... "boomeritis" on the rise... Diagnosing panic disorder... |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2001 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Sad to see so many elderly patients living out their final days in isolation from family members who, for whatever reason, choose not to visit them... Anti-smoking poster does its job... etc. |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2001 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Natural hormonal therapies... How rewarding it is when we happen to be the right person at the right time to meet our patients' needs... A constellation of six symptoms are characteristic of early Alzheimer's disease... Discharging a patient in time for her to cast her vote... etc. |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2001 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Ketotifen seems helpful for asthma in the winter, but having to obtain it from overseas is unnerving... Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper... etc. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Emotional aspects of using sildefinil to improve sexual relations... Naming a baby... Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis... etc. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Success with benign positional vertigo using the Epley maneuver... Nifedipine-produced infertilit in men no longer a mystery... Diagnosing a peripheral brain lesion... Switch to music of bygone years a soothing influence in a doctor's office... a peaceful death... |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2001 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Some new mothers are so determined to breast-feed that their focus is inspiring... More patients are looking for natural medications for a variety of ailments -- particularly insomnia... When treating hypertension, do you use A, B, C or D as your first-line drug?... |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice On the consequences of becoming less involved with patients who require hospitalization... pregnancy-related carpal tunnel syndrome... adolescent obesity... aggressive treatment of dyslipidemia... huperzine A... a medical mission to Honduras... |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Duke's Magic Mouthwash for aphthous ulcers... so-called effective herbal therapies are not all that helpful... Legal changes in some states may make it easier for physicians to apologize for an unintended outcome without fear... etc. |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice This is one in a series by Walter L. Larimore, M.D., John R. Hartman, M.D., Chad A. Griffin, M.D., and John T. Littell, M.D., four family physicians in private practice in Kissimmee, Fla. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2006
Okuyemi et al. |
Interventions to Facilitate Smoking Cessation Family physicians, who see many tobacco addicted patients in their offices every year, have an important opportunity to decrease smoking rates with office-based interventions. |
Nursing
June 2011
Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2011: Part 2 In this article, you'll learn about seven recently approved drugs, including: fingolimod hydrochloride, an oral drug indicated to treat patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. |
Nurse Practitioner
April 2012
Chaney & Sheriff |
Evidence-based treatments for smoking cessation Smoking addiction is both physical and mental. The etiology of tobacco dependence is multidimensional and includes physiological, psychological, and social/behavioral factors. |
Nursing
June 2010
Daniel A. Hussar |
New drugs 2010, part 2 In this article, you'll learn about 14 recently marketed new drugs. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Medical diary: hand, foot and mouth disease... attempting to achieve their first pregnancy... asthmatic patient... Lidocaine allergy... |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2002
Robert Mallin |
Smoking Cessation: Integration of Behavioral and Drug Therapies Family physicians should take advantage of each contact with smokers to encourage and support smoking cessation. Once a patient is identified as a smoker, tools are available to assess readiness for change... |
Science News
August 28, 2004
Janet Raloff |
We're Very Supplemented Increasingly, men and women are reaching for pills--vitamins, minerals, and other commercial supplements--to insure against the possibility they're not eating a healthy diet. While that's good news, there can also be a down side. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2000 |
Diary from a Week in Practice Boric acid use should be carefully limited... rain good medicine, too, for wheezing... treating depression during pregnancy... don't kid the patients... alternating ibuprofen and acetaminophen in children may be harmful therapy... the privilege of assisting families with the dying process... |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2001 |
Diary from a Week in Practice All the ways to prevent catastrophe are not known... As WLL ages, so does his practice. He is seeing more men and women complaining of hot flushes... Playful interaction with the child always precedes any attempt to embark on the physical examination... etc. |
Nursing
February 2010
Daniel A. Hussar |
New Drugs 2010, PART 1 In this article, you'll learn about 16 new drugs. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005 |
The Straight Dope on Herbs An interview with Dr. Stephen Bent who has been investigating saw palmetto and other natural supplements. So far, the results mostly have been disappointing. |
AskMen.com
November 7, 2002
Sabrina Rogers |
Your Guide To Herbal Remedies Whether you've been tempted to jump on the herbal remedies bandwagon or you've never even heard of them, this guide introduces the basics. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2001 |
Diary from a Week in Practice We've long known the importance of a good history for accurate diagnoses; what she didn't know is that even animals can sometimes assist in this process... A lot of talk has been circulating these days about the recertification test we all take every six or seven years... etc. |
Science News
April 26, 2003
Janet Raloff |
Don't Belittle this Vitamin As vitamins go, B6 doesn't fly high on the radar screen of most consumers. However, owing to its many benefits -- which include protecting DNA -- this unsung nutritional hero shouldn't be neglected, argue a pair of scientists. |
