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Optimal Frequency of BNP Testing
At this time, BNP seems to be a useful initial test that should not be repeated during short hospital stays. -
Full August 29, 2004, Issue in PDF
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Pharmacology Watch: The Importance of Publishing Negative Clinical Studies
Cognitive Effects of Estrogen Therapy; Vitamin Therapy and Restenosis; Echinacea and the Common Cold; Effects of Paxil in Children Under 18; FDA Actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Full August 2004 issue in PDF
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Members’ willingness to change focus of program
Humanas Personal Nurse training program includes one component that many disease management programs leave out recognizing that people are willing to work on changes according to their own values and not according to the values of an external agent, such as a case manager, Vaughn Keller, MFT, EdD, asserts. -
Full August 9, 2004, Issue in PDF
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US Map of Deaths from Stroke in Children Similar to that Seen for Adults
This is the latest of several important publications by Dr. Fullerton and her colleagues, at The University of California at San Francisco, describing details of the epidemiology of pediatric stroke during the last 2 decades of the 20th century. -
New Concern About Old Drugs
These papers and the accompanying editorial by Rascol bring attention to a known but under-recognized complication of ergot derivatives. -
Transient Global Amnesia: Unlocking an Ischemic Etiology
Treatment of TGA patients with antiplatelet treatment is likely warranted, particularly if there are underlying vascular risk factors.