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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex (in the Elderly), But Were Afraid to Ask
Lindau and colleagues sampled Americans aged 57 to 85 years, living independently in 2004 to learn about their sexual habits. A total of 1550 women and 1455 men were interviewed. -
Full October 2007 Issue in PDF
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Pharmacology Watch
Stopping statins, even briefly, after stroke or cardiovascular surgery increases vascular complications according to 3 new studies. -
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnosis and Management
Recent advances that provide effective treatment of newly diagnosed disease have markedly improved the morbidity of what used to be a devastating disease leading to deformity and disability. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Stopping Statins in At-Risk Patients — Just Too Risky
Mupirocin Less Effective Against MRSA; New Guideline for Asthma Diagnosis/Management; FDA Actions -
Special Feature: Is There Value in CA125 Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Ovarian Tumors?
CA-125 measurements alone or as part of a multimodal strategy are routinely used clinically to aid in developing a treatment plan for women with adnexal masses. -
Detailed Pathological Assessment of Fallopian Tube Paramount in Women Undergoing Prophylactic BSO for BRCA Mutation
The performance of risk-reducing surgery in women with BRCA mutation has a profound effect on the potential for subsequent cancer development. While gross tumor is occasionally identified in these specimens, it is more common that pathological processing identifies occult cancer. -
Increased Risk of Cognitive Impairment or Dementia in Women Who Underwent Oophorectomy before Menopause
The present study indirectly tested the hypothesis that estrogen exposure is neuroprotective by studying the risk of dementia in women who underwent oophorectomy premenopausally. All women residing in Olmstead, MN, from 1950 to 1987 who underwent unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy were followed through death or end of study (staggered from 2001 to 2006).