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American Family Physician August 15, 2006 Hunter & Ochoa	Acamprosate (Campral) for Treatment of Alcoholism Acamprosate is a safe and well-tolerated treatment for patients with alcoholism and it appears to improve the likelihood that patients will remain abstinent.
American Family Physician August 15, 2006 Mark H. Ebell	Predicting Four-Year Mortality Risk in Older Adults Survival prognoses for older adults may help patients and physicians make decisions about screening, treatment, and advance directives.
American Family Physician August 15, 2006 Wolff & Gutke	Screening for Peripheral Arterial Disease Case Study: A 57-year-old man visits your office for refills of simvastatin (Zocor) and paroxetine (Paxil). He says his friend had "a bypass operation on the arteries in his legs," and asks if you think he should be "checked for that disease."... Case Study Questions: etc.
Nursing Management August 2006 Bonczek & Woodard	Who'll Replace You When You're Gone? By planning for your successors, you can provide nurses attractive leadership development opportunities to seamlessly fill your shoes.
American Family Physician August 1, 2006 David S. Gregory	Pertussis: A Disease Affecting All Ages Bordetella pertussis is a highly contagious bacterium known to cause pertussis (whooping cough) and is transmitted via airborne droplets. Although childhood vaccination has dramatically reduced reported pertussis cases, the incidence of the disease has increased over the past 20 years.
American Family Physician August 1, 2006 Robertson et al.	Carcinoid Tumors Carcinoid tumors are rare, slow-growing neuroendocrine neoplasms that often are indolent and may not become clinically apparent until there has been metastatic spread. Recent evidence has revealed that the overall incidence of carcinoid tumors has been steadily increasing.
American Family Physician August 1, 2006 McDermott & Mernitz	Exercise and Older Patients: Prescribing Guidelines A combination of aerobic activity, strength training, and flexibility exercises, plus increased general daily activity can reduce medication dependence and health care costs while maintaining functional independence and improving quality of life in older adults.
American Family Physician August 1, 2006 Warner et al.	Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome occurs in approximately 20% of patients after abrupt discontinuation of an antidepressant medication that was taken for at least six weeks.
Managed Care July 2006 Lola Butcher	Oncologic PET Study Seeks Basis for Coverage Decisions The launch of a new registry that will significantly expand Medicare's coverage of positron emission tomography may bring new clarity on appropriate uses for this technology -- and even more pressure on commercial health plans to cover the high-cost scans.
Managed Care July 2006 Michael Levin-Epstein	High-Tech Imaging Full of Kickback Dangers Health plans and their members could save billions of dollars a year if radiology costs could be contained. Some managed care companies begin to take a hard look at what's behind the explosion in costs for radiological services.
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