Illness, Injury & Treatments

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

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Scientific American August 2005 Cathryn M. Delude	Widening the Window Strategies to buy time in treating ischemic stroke: Recently scientists have discovered ways that could extend tissue plasminogen activator's (tPA) window of time, at least for some patients, and have found alternatives that may be both effective and safe beyond three hours.
American Family Physician August 1, 2005	Urinary Tract Infections: What You Should Know A patient hand-out on the disease, its diagnosis, treatment options and prevention.
Outside August 2005 Ben Hewitt	Heartbreaker Fit or not, it's time to wise up and listen to your ticker. It could be headed for an untimely failure. Diet and genetics are key factors.
Managed Care July 2005	Headlines On Deadline ... A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that indicated that overweight people might live longer than normal weight people may have been based on skewed data.
CIO August 1, 2005 Susannah Patton	An End to Medical Forms? Patients could keep all their medical information online using iHealthRecord, a new service that Medem (a joint venture of the American Medical Association and six other medical societies) introduced in May.
Entrepreneur August 2005 Nichole L. Torres	Sleep Tight? Running low on rest? Learn how others cope with fatigue.
Reactive Reports Issue 47 David Bradley	Flame-Retardant Dust A new study of human exposure to potentially harmful flame retardant compounds reveals household dust as the main source, rather than animal and dairy products as had previously been supposed.
Reactive Reports Issue 47 David Bradley	Hangover Culprit Found Do some East Asians have a special vulnerability when consuming alcohol? Masako Yokoyama thinks so. Acetaldehyde is a clue.
American Family Physician July 15, 2005 Rager, Bridgeford & Ollila	Cutaneous Melanoma: Update on Prevention, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Melanoma is an increasingly common malignancy, and it affects a younger population than most cancers. Selective screening by physicians ultimately may be most effective at preventing the advance of the disease.
American Family Physician July 15, 2005 Depietropaolo et al.	Diagnosis of Lyme Disease The use of serologic testing and its value in the diagnosis of Lyme disease remain confusing and controversial for physicians, especially concerning persons who are at low risk for the disease. Underdiagnosis may occur if physicians apply the CDC surveillance criteria too strictly.
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