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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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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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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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What is your clinics protocol when it comes to emergency contraception (EC)? New research indicates that because the Yuzpe EC regimen of combined oral contraceptives (OCs) is at least partially effective when started up to 120 hours after unprotected intercourse, current protocols may be too restrictive.1
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new device to be used in vasectomy procedures: the Vasclip, a small polymeric clip designed to stop the flow of sperm through the vas deferens.
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When it comes to the battle against HIV, its time to redouble your efforts at reducing the number of new HIV infections. Why? Reports show an increase of newly diagnosed infections during 1999-2001, which reverses a several-year decline.
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The push for chlamydia screening has been intensified, with the Washington, DC-based American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) issuing a practice policy statement calling for the annual screening of all sexually active women 25 years of age or younger, as well as sexually active women with other risk factors.
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