Medical Practice

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American Family Physician August 1, 2004 Snyder, Doggett & Turkelson	Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis This article reviews the evidence for conservative and surgical treatments for the disease that causes leg pain and difficulty walking, usually in elderly patients.
American Family Physician August 1, 2004 Wiviott & Braunwald	Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Part I. Initial Evaluation and Management, and Hospital Care Because of the scope of the problem, it is important for family physicians to understand the diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of this syndrome.
American Family Physician August 1, 2004 Wiviott & Braunwald	Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Part II. Coronary Revascularization, Hospital Discharge, and Post-Hospital Care In patients hospitalized with UA/NSTEMI, one of the most important decisions is the early strategy of care regarding coronary angiography and revascularization.
American Family Physician August 1, 2004 Leung & Pacaud	Diagnosis and Management of Galactorrhea Galactorrhea is a discharge of milk or a milk-like secretion from the breast in the absence of parturition or beyond six months' postpartum in a nonbreastfeeding woman. The condition may result in patient anxiety and physician concern and can signify a serious underlying disorder.
Managed Care July 2004 John Carroll	The Weight Debate Encouraged by employers, health plans ponder expensive options in covering a generation of obese Americans.
Managed Care July 2004 Udaya M. Kabadi	Cost-Effective Management of Hyperglycemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Using Oral Agents Sulfonylureas are cost-effective and also may be the only oral agents that inhibit processes inducing hyperglycemia by improving insulin secretion and insulin resistance. New long-acting agents hold even greater promise.
Managed Care July 2004	Hill Physicians Medical Group Outshines California's Pay-for-Performance Program Hill paid out twice the amount as the state plan because the medical group program is older and more mature.
Managed Care July 2004 Thomas Morrow	Nesiritide Speeds Recovery Time For Heart Failure Patients As clinicians recognize heart failure's neurohormonal component, a biologic agent may prove better than the small molecules.
American Family Physician July 15, 2004 Joel E. Gallant	HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral By the year 2005, the CDC seeks to achieve the following: reduce annual new HIV infections from the current estimated 40,000 cases to 20,000 cases through the use of interventions such as counseling, HIV testing, and referral
American Family Physician July 15, 2004 Wu & Schiff	Sarcoidosis This systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause predominately affects young and middle-aged adults. Diagnosis is based on clinicoradiologic findings plus histologic evidence of noncaseating epithelioid granulomas, and exclusion of other granulomatous diseases.
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