Primary Care Reports – July 1, 2003

July 1, 2003

• Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

  This review will provide an overview of SARS for the primary care physician, including epidemiology, etiology, review of the clinical and laboratory features as well as diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of SARS.

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• Pharmacology Watch: HRT, Estrogen, and Postmenopausal Women - Year-Old WHI Study Continues to Raise Questions

  The Women's Health Initiatives was halted a year ago, but fallout from this landmark study continues. The study was designed to identify the risks or benefits of estrogen plus progesterone vs placebo in healthy postmenopausal women.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

  Influenza Vaccination and Reduction in Hospitalizations; Screening Men for Prostate and Colorectal Cancer; Weight Loss in CHF and Treatment with ACE-I; Impaired Fasting Glucose vs Impaired Glucose Tolerance; Risk Stratification in Long-QT Syndrome; EBCT, Motivation, Behavioral Change, and Cardiovascular Risk Profile

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