Medical Practice

Magazine articles on medical practice and technical issues of treatment.

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Managed Care December 2001 Michael S. Victoroff	Risky Business When Public Plays Doctor With Open-Access MRI As a physician, a health plan medical director, and a citizen, I wonder at medical diagnostic arcades proliferating like sushi bars...
American Family Physician December 15, 2001 Julia Tucker De Sanctis	Percutaneous Interventions for Lower Extremity Peripheral Vascular Disease Peripheral vascular disease is a common condition with variable morbidity affecting mostly men and women older than 50 years. More than 70 percent of patients diagnosed with the disease remain stable or improve with conservative management...
American Family Physician December 15, 2001 Peggy R. Cyr & George K. Dreher	Neurotic Excoriations Neurotic excoriations are self-inflicted skin lesions produced by repetitive scratching. Because there is no known physical problem of the skin, this is a physical manifestation of an emotional problem...
American Family Physician December 15, 2001 Thomas J. Zuber	Office Management of Digital Mucous Cysts Digital mucous cysts are solitary, clear, or flesh-colored nodules that develop on the dorsal digits between the distal interphalangeal joint and the proximal nail fold...
American Family Physician December 15, 2001 Gregg K. VandeKieft	Breaking Bad News This article presents an overview of issues pertaining to breaking bad news and practical recommendations for clinicians wishing to improve their clinical skills in this area...
American Family Physician December 1, 2001 Andrew D. Jung	Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants and Children Gastroesophageal reflux is a common, self-limited process in infants that usually resolves by six to 12 months of age. Effective, conservative management involves thickened feedings, positional treatment, and parental reassurance...
American Family Physician December 1, 2001 John Koo	Psychodermatology: The Mind and Skin Connection Psychodermatology, or psychocutaneous medicine, focuses on the boundary between psychiatry and dermatology. Understanding the psychosocial and occupational context of skin diseases is critical to the optimal management of psychodermatologic disorders...
American Family Physician December 1, 2001 Sami Youakim	Work-Related Asthma Work-related asthma is induced or incited by substances or conditions specific to the workplace. It has become the most common occupational respiratory disease in many countries...
American Family Physician December 1, 2001 John P. Manzella	Quinupristin-Dalfopristin: A New Antibiotic for Severe Gram-Positive Infections Quinupristin-dalfopristin is a streptogramin. This class of antibiotics is an important addition to the options available for the treatment of severe infections caused by gram-positive organisms...
Managed Care November 2001 Frank Diamond	Overlooked in Cipro Hype: Other Anti-Anthrax Meds Federal health officials were slow to get out the word that doxycycline and penicillin are also approved for use against anthrax...
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