Medical Practice

Magazine articles on medical practice and technical issues of treatment.

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Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2005 Jan Fitzpatrick	Public Relations: Desperately Seeking Value Regulatory angst cools growth in budgets for continuing medical education (CME). The future challenge for CME will be to find that common ground where the interests of academic medicine, medical societies, and practicing physicians intersect.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2005 Patrick Clinton	From the Editor: No Substitutes Don't use surrogate measures in clinical drug trials, says a major industry critic. OK, but don't the critics base a lot of their points on surrogate measures, too?
Managed Care September 2005 Arthur Lazarus	Individual Wariness Needed To Spot Biased Drug Research Full and accurate disclosure of conflicts by researchers does not ensure the prevention of publication of articles that are misleading or otherwise biased. Impossible-to-enforce mandates won't work. Pharmacy directors and others must pose the right questions to the right people.
Managed Care September 2005	Doc Buy-In Needed For EHR Push The government's $75-million, 10-year project to put every American's vital information on electronic health records faces a hurdle long known to health plan officials -- the possible lack of physician buy-in.
Managed Care September 2005	Some Elderly Not Helped by Guidelines Generally accepted clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) offer little help to physicians who are treating elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions, according to a recent study.
Managed Care September 2005 Thomas Morrow	Dual-Treatment Approach to Parkinson's Disease The treatment of Parkinson's disease is complicated. Patients may benefit from a dual approach that uses medical therapy with new innovative treatment systems.
BusinessWeek October 10, 2005 Howard Gleckman	Why MDs Are IT-Phobic Information technology promises savings for patients and health-care companies, but going electronic can be a bitter pill for the MDs footing the bill.
Home Toys October 2005 Ofer Atzmon	Innovative Mobile-Health Solutions May be Integrated with Smart Homes Future advances in wireless technologies, such as WiMax will enable the integration of wireless healthcare services inside the smart home environment, freeing users from the need to frequent their doctors.
American Family Physician October 1, 2005 Salzman & Lillie	Diverticular Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment Although the pathogenic mechanisms of diverticular disease are poorly understood, they are clearly related to complex interactions of colon structure, intestinal motility, diet, and genetic features.
American Family Physician October 1, 2005 Griebel et al.	Management of Spontaneous Abortion Physicians should realize the importance of providing care that is sensitive to the medical and psychologic aspects of a couple who experiences spontaneous abortion (also referred to as miscarriage).
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