Medical Practice

Magazine articles on medical practice and technical issues of treatment.

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American Family Physician August 2001 Andy Gayle	Tick-borne Diseases Tick-borne diseases are the most common vector-borne illnesses in the United States. Knowledge of the epidemiology and common presentations, as well as the diagnostic options and treatments available, are important issues for family physicians...
American Family Physician August 2001 Saud Suleiman & David E. Johnston	The Abdominal Wall: An Overlooked Source of Pain When abdominal pain is chronic and unremitting, with minimal or no relationship to eating or bowel function but often a relationship to posture (i.e., lying, sitting, standing), the abdominal wall should be suspected as the source of pain...
American Family Physician August 2001 Alexander K.C. Leung	Evaluating the Child with Purpura Purpura is the result of hemorrhage into the skin or mucosal membrane. It may represent a relatively benign condition or herald the presence of a serious underlying disorder...
American Family Physician August 2001 Marjorie E. Kaplan Seidenfeld	Impact of Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity on the Gynecologic Health of Adolescents Dieting behaviors and nutrition can have an enormous impact on the gynecologic health of adolescents...
American Family Physician August 2001 Edward A. Jackson	The V-Y Plasty in the Treatment of Fingertip Amputations Fingertip amputations are injuries commonly seen by family physicians. The classification of fingertip injuries corresponds with the normal anatomy of the tip of the digit. There are three zones of injury; the V-Y plasty technique is used to repair zone II injuries...
Managed Care July 2001 Harry L. Leider	HMOs Need To Share Gains of DM Programs Physicians are more likely to buy in if they see better outcomes -- and financial rewards that go with them...
Managed Care July 2001 Patrick Mullen	Interview: Lucien L. Leape, M.D. The way to reduce errors in health care is to change systems, says this Harvard educator. Punishment encourages people to cover up...
Managed Care July 2001 John Otrompke	Stark Allows Federal Regulators To Review Claims Records Fully HMO executives, as well as the providers and physicians who contract with them, should have by now felt the changes in their daily work lives resulting from the government's increased scrutiny of health plans' operations under the fraud-and-abuse compliance laws...
Mother Jones May/Jun 2001 Jeanne Lenzer	Prescription for Controversy Do corporate donations to the American Heart Association influence its drug guidelines?
American Family Physician July 15, 2001 Swagerty & Hellinger	Radiographic Assessment of Osteoarthritis Worldwide, osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and it is among the most prevalent and disabling chronic conditions in the United States.
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