American Family Physician

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Articles in July 15, 2003, issue of American Family Physician

• Recommendations on screening for Chlamydia - Brief Article
  by Carrie Morantz
• HHS streamlines FDA regulations for generic drug approvals - Newsletter - Department of Health and Human Services - Brief Article
  by Matthew Neff
• Nebulizers vs. metered-dose inhalers for wheezing infants - Tips from Other Journals - Author Abstract
  by Karl E. Miller
• Heart attack: warning signs and tips on prevention - Information from Your Family Doctor
• Diagnosis and management of syphilis
  by David L. Brown
• Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine shortage resolved
  by Carrie Morantz
• AHRQ releases men's health brochure for screening tests and staying healthy - Newsletter - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Brief Article
  by Matthew Neff
• GBS strains are increasingly resistant to antibiotics - Tips from Other Journals - group B streptococci - Author Abstract
  by Anne D. Walling
• Heart attack: getting back into your life after a heart attack - Information from Your Family Doctor
• Syphilis - Information from Your Family Doctor
• Diabetes and cardiovascular risk in children
  by Carrie Morantz
• Coalition announces agenda for addressing the issue of low health literacy - Newsletter - Partnership for Clear Health Communication - Brief Article
  by Matthew Neff
• Amiodarone for cardioversion on recent-onset atrial fibrillation - Tips from Other Journals - Author Abstract
  by Karl E. Miller
• Vaccinations in pregnancy
  by Denise K. Sur
• Necrotizing external otitis - malignant
  by Ophir Handzel
• Toxic substance fact sheets available online - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html - Brief Article
  by Carrie Morantz
• Scholarship and educational grant opportunities available to residents - Newsletter - Brief Article
  by Matthew Neff
• Surgery for the treatment of chronic seizures - Tips from Other Journals - Author Abstract
  by Chuck Carter
• Management of carpal tunnel syndrome - Cover Article: Practical Therapeutics
  by Anthony J. Viera
• Necrotizing soft tissue infections: a primary care review
  by Adrienne J. Headley
• Should we offer routine breast cancer screening with mammography? - Cochrane For Clinicians: Putting Evidence Into Practice
  by Sean P. David
• NHLBI releases new high blood pressure guidelines - Practice Guidelines - Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
  by Genevieve W. Ressel
• Unnecessary prescriptions for broad-spectrum antibiotics - Tips from Other Journals - Author Abstract
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Carpal tunnel syndrome - Information from Your Family Doctor
• CME calendar - continuing medical education - Calendar
• Diary from a week in practice
  by Paul Gross
• Quantum sufficit: just enough
  by Sarah Evans
• Repetitive behaviors: a clue to early dementia - Tips from Other Journals - Author Abstract
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Courses outside the United States - continuing medical education - Calendar
• JNC 7 express: new thinking in hypertension treatment - Editorials - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Seventh Joint National Committee on High Blood Pressure
  by Lee Green
• Clinical quiz
• Statins limit subclinical progression of atherosclerosis - Tips from Other Journals - Author Abstract
  by Richard Sadovsky
• Cruises - Calendar
• AFP online: looking back and moving ahead - Inside AFP - American Family Physician
  by Janis Wright
• Depression in older women with urinary incontinence - Tips - Author Abstract
  by Anne D. Walling
• Diagnosing chronic testicular pain - Tips from Other Journals - Author Abstract
  by Anne D. Walling
• International FP/GP meetings - family physician/general practitioner - Calendar
• Letters to the editor - Sexual History Taking Should Be Taught in Medical School - Should Pelvic Examination Be Continued After Hysterectomy? - Diagnostic Testing for HIV Infection - Letter to the Editor
• Update on childhood rhabdomyosarcoma - Tips - Author Abstract
  by Anne D. Walling
• Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus: recommendation and rationale - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Recommendations And Rationale
• Annual Scientific Assemblies - Calendar
• CDC Web page provides up-to-date information on monkeypox - Newsletter - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/index.htm - Brief Article
  by Matthew Neff
• Risks of outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy - Tips from Other Journals - Author Abstract
  by Anne D. Walling
• Heart failure - Information from Your Family Doctor