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Full October 2005 Issue in PDF
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Melatonin as an Anti-Aging Remedy?
Claims that melatonin can slow or reverse aging are very far from proven. Studies of melatonin have been much too limited to support these claims and have focused on animals, not people. -
AHRQ Issues Report on the Safety and Effectiveness of Melatonin Supplements
A evidence review conducted in 2004 by health and human services' (HHS) agency for healthcare research and quality found that melatonin supplements, which people often take for problems sleeping, appear to be safe when used over a period of days or weeks, at relatively high doses and in various formulations. -
Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus as an Insect Repellent
Frost AC. Oil of lemon eucalyptus as an insect repellent. Altern Med Alert 2005;8(8):85-89. -
Treatment Alternatives for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
By Malcolm Robinson, MD, FACP, FACG Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK Dr. Robinson serves as a consultant for TAP, Pfizer, Janssen, Eisai, J&J-Merck, and Procter & Gamble, is on the speakers bureau of Janssen, Eli Lilly, Solvay, TAP, and Aventis, and does research for Forest Labs, Wyeth-Ayerst, AstraZeneca, and Centocor. -
Treatment of Tuberculosis and Latent Tuberculosis Infection
The treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis is divided into an initial phase of four drugs for two months.
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Pharmacology Update Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Injection (depo-subQ provera 104)
By William T. Elliott, MD, FACP, and James Chan, PhD, PharmD Dr. Elliott is Chair, Formulary Committee, Northern California Kaiser Permanente; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Dr. Chan is Pharmacy Quality and Outcomes Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA. Drs. Chan and Elliott report no financial relationships to this field of study. -
Autonomic Peripheral Neuropathy
By Norm Latov, MD Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience and Director of the Peripheral Neuropathy Center at Weill Medical College at Cornell University. Dr. Latov is a consultant for Quest Diagnostics and Talecris Inc., is a stockholder of Therapath LLC, and has royalties in Athena Diagnostics. Synopsis: The availability of sensitive and reproducible measures of autonomic function has improved physicians ability to diagnose these disorders. -
Etiology of Elevated Troponin Levels Other Than in Acute Coronary Syndromes
By Harold L. Karpman, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine Dr. Karpman reports no financial relationship to this field of study. -
Clinical Briefs
Vitamin E and Donepezil for the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment Foot Small Muscle Atrophy Before the Detection of Clinical Neuropathy Statins and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer