Briefs

Magazine articles on mixed topics in health, letters, and news briefs.

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American Family Physician March 15, 2003 Tony Miksanek	Diary from a Week in Practice Lately, I'm fielding questions about the smallpox vaccine. Misinformation abounds... Both the diagnosis and its treatment come as a bit of a shock... etc.
American Family Physician February 15, 2003	Newsletter House Bill May Reclaim Title VII Family Practice Training Funds... Health Care Spending in the United States Increased by 8.7 Percent in 2001... Two Surveys Demonstrate Negative Economic Impact of Medicaid Reductions... AHRQ Releases Fact Book on Women's Health Care in U.S. Hospitals... FDA Establishes Task Force on Consumer Nutrition Health Information...
American Family Physician February 15, 2003	Diary from a Week in Practice Sudden change in blood glucose level... Smallpox vaccinations... etc.
American Family Physician January 15, 2003 Evans & McNeill	Quantum Sufficit Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the US?... Doctors, pharmacists, and dietitians may need to brush up on their knowledge of herbal supplements... "Tomato vaccine" that may one day help lower the incidence of diarrheal illness... etc.
American Family Physician January 15, 2003 Robert H. Shackelford	Diary from a Week in Practice While sometimes add-on patients can be disruptive to our schedules, we can work together to take better care of them... Despite all its flaws, let us be thankful for our U.S. health care... etc.
American Family Physician December 15, 2002 Evans & McNeill	Quantum Sufficit Some modern style trends may be causing health problems... Most adults have a positive outlook on their child's physical education classes... Having a third cup of coffee in the morning may reduce a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease... etc.
American Family Physician December 15, 2002 Kathy Soch	Diary from a Week in Practice When families make promises to keep patients at home, what they mean is that they will care for them in the best and safest way possible... A tornado worries a hospital... Med students excel at taking a patient's history and physical examination, but they tend to have problems elsewhere...
American Family Physician November 15, 2002 Evans & McNeill	Quantum Sufficit Results of a study published in The Lancet should offer some reassurance to most families who have a child with epilepsy... Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and chronic sinusitis were the most frequently made diagnoses during family physician office visits last year... etc.
American Family Physician November 15, 2002 Robert H. Shackelford	Diary from a Week in Practice In sports medicine, sternoclavicular dislocation is uncommon, but it can be life-threatening... A treasured example of "the doctor-patient relationship"... One of the real advantages of family practice is the continuous care and availability of follow-up for patients... etc.
American Family Physician October 15, 2002 Evans et al.	Quantum Sufficit Obtaining timely and accurate information from patients may be difficult if paper diaries are used... Relief from traveler's diarrhea could be found in the equivalent of three cups of milk... A buffet experiment described in Nature may help you fight the urge to eat all you can eat... etc.
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