Medical Practice

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American Family Physician June 15, 2002 Thomas J. Zuber	Ingrown Toenail Removal Ingrown toenail is a common problem resulting from various etiologies including improperly trimmed nails, hyperhidrosis, and poorly fitting shoes. Excision of the lateral nail plate combined with lateral matricectomy is thought to provide the best chance for eradication.
CIO June 15, 2002 Megan Santosus	The Doctor Is In -- Always By providing secure communications networks with provisions for authentication and encryption, Medem and other companies such as Healinx and Requesthealth.com hope to usher in a new age of doctor-patient electronic communication.
CIO June 15, 2002 Stephanie Overby	Stopping Epidemics Early Even before last year's anthrax cases, doctors and public health officials had been testing Web-based databases and other bio-surveillance technologies that could help monitor medical data to stem an outbreak before it spreads.
D-Lib June 2002	DPDx Investigators from the Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conceived of and developed a project, DPDx, that provides online assistance in identification of parasites and distance-based training.
American Family Physician June 1, 2002 Jeffrey L. Cummings	Guidelines for Managing Alzheimer's Disease: Part I. Assessment Family physicians play a key role in assessing and managing patients with Alzheimer's disease and in linking the families of these patients to supportive services within the community.
American Family Physician June 1, 2002 S. Craig Humphreys	Neuroimaging in Low Back Pain Patients commonly present to family physicians with low back pain. Because the majority of patients fully or partially recover within six weeks, imaging studies are generally not recommended in the first month of acute low back pain.
American Family Physician June 1, 2002 Denise B. Freeman	Corns and Calluses Resulting from Mechanical Hyperkeratosis Corns and calluses result from hyperkeratosis, a normal physiologic response of the skin to chronic excessive pressure or friction. Treatment should provide symptomatic relief and alleviate the underlying mechanical cause.
American Family Physician June 1, 2002 Daisy A. Arce	Evaluation of Constipation Constipation is the reason for 2.5 million physician visits per year in the United States, with more than one half of these visits to primary care physicians. The differential diagnosis of constipation and the approach to its evaluation differ in adults and children.
American Family Physician June 1, 2002 Randell K. Wexler	Evaluation and Treatment of Heat-Related Illnesses Although athletes are commonly thought to be most at risk for heat illnesses, children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable. It is important to be vigilant for heat illnesses because they occur insidiously but progress rapidly.
Managed Care May 2002	Medication Labels May Soon Include Unique Bar Codes The Food and Drug Administration is expected to unveil regulations this summer that, if implemented, will require bar codes unique to a specific medication and its strength on all prescription drug labels. The agency's proposal is designed to help reduce medication errors
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