Illness, Injury & Treatments

Magazine articles on illnesses, injuries, currently available treatments, drugs, and homeopathy.

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American Family Physician January 1, 2006 Rupke, Blecke & Renfrow	Cognitive Therapy for Depression Family physicians usually are the first to diagnose and treat patients with depression. They should inform patients that psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are valid options, and that cognitive therapy is the most studied psychotherapy.
American Family Physician January 1, 2006	Cognitive Therapy for Depression: What You Should Know A patient hand-out: What is cognitive therapy?... How do I know if I am depressed?... Is this therapy better than medicine for depression?... Where can I get more information?...
American Family Physician January 1, 2006 Karen W. Krigger	Cerebral Palsy: An Overview Cerebral palsy is characterized by motor impairment and can present with global physical and mental dysfunction. The differential diagnosis of cerebral palsy includes metabolic and genetic disorders.
American Family Physician January 1, 2006	Cerebral Palsy in Children: What You Should Know A patient hand-out: What is cerebral palsy?... What causes brain damage?... How can the doctor tell if my child has cerebral palsy?... What can I do if my child has cerebral palsy?... etc.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Willie D. Jones	Taking Body Temperature, Inside Out The radio pill, which acts as an internal thermometer providing continuous readings to help protect athletes from heatstroke, relies on a temperature-sensitive quartz crystal oscillator.
Managed Care December 2005 David S. Geldmacher	The Cost Benefit to Health Plans of Pharmacotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease As with other chronic diseases of aging, early diagnosis and pharmacologic therapy may reduce the costs for enrollees with Alzheimer's disease. This article reviews patient and caregiver outcomes associated with reduced health care costs and their implications for Managed Care Organizations.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Michael Arndt	Dr. Todd A. Kuiken: Bionic Sensation Dr. Todd A. Kuiken's training in engineering and medicine helps him build some of the best robotic limbs.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Carol Matlack	Preventing The Pandemic France's Sanofi Pasteur is already signing contracts for an avian flu vaccine.
Health December 2005 Peter Jaret	Treating Heart Disease New Medication: fish in a pill... Cardiac arrest: the defibrillator success story... Exercise: fitness beats angioplasty...
Wired January 2006 Thomas Goetz	The Battle to Stop Bird Flu The Bird Flu pandemic has hit New Mexico. Inside the Los Alamos weapons lab, massive computer simulations are unleashing disease and tracking its course, 6 billion people at a time.
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