Medical Practice

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American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Ham, Waters & Oliver	Treatment of Panic Disorder Panic disorder with or without agoraphobia occurs commonly in patients in primary care settings. This article assesses multiple evidence-based reviews of effective treatments for panic disorder.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Allan V. Abbott	Diagnostic Approach to Palpitations An increased or abnormal awareness of the heartbeat, palpitations are a common symptom in patients presenting to family physicians. Palpitations can be symptomatic of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Mark H. Ebell	Evidence-Based Initiation of Warfarin (Coumadin) Many physicians continue to use clinical judgment alone as the basis for initiating and adjusting warfarin dosages in patients who require oral anticoagulation.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Kathy Soch	Diary From a Week in Pactice A family practitioner sends a patient back to a nursing home... An annoying letter turned out to be more sensible than onerous... Wonders at prescribing 13 drugs for one patient... etc.
Bio-IT World February 11, 2005 Robert M. Frederickson	Genomics Drives New Crop of IVDs In vitro diagnostic microarrays are an important tool in oncology. The Affymetrix GeneChip System 3000Dx (GCS 3000Dx) was the first microarray instrument to be cleared by the FDA for IVD use.
Reason February 2005 Jacob Sullum	Disappearing Docs Doctors have been fighting the "opiophobia" that leads to widespread undertreatment of pain for many years. But it was surprising to see them endorsed by the DEA, which has long insisted there is no conflict between drug control and pain control.
American Family Physician February 1, 2005 Dickerson & Gibson	Management of Hypertension in Older Persons Antihypertensive therapy has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in older patients with elevated systolic or diastolic blood pressures.
American Family Physician February 1, 2005 Maizels & McCarberg	Antidepressants and Antiepileptic Drugs for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain The development of newer classes of antidepressants and second-generation antiepileptic drugs has created unprecedented opportunities for the treatment of chronic pain. These drugs modulate pain transmission by interacting with specific neurotransmitters and ion channels.
American Family Physician February 1, 2005 Richard D. Blondell	Ambulatory Detoxification of Patients with Alcohol Dependence An appropriate candidate for outpatient detoxification should have arrangements to start an alcohol treatment program and a responsible support person who can monitor progress, and should not have significant, acute, comorbid conditions or risk factors for severe withdrawal.
American Family Physician February 1, 2005 Searight & Gafford	Cultural Diversity at the End of Life: Issues and Guidelines for Family Physicians When considering therapeutic options, physicians should consider that members of many cultural groups prefer that family members, rather than patients, make treatment decisions.
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