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Articles in Jan, 2008 issue of Journal of Family Practice

• New guideline for COPD: inhaled treatments similarly effective
• Does screening reduce lung cancer mortality?
  by Michael J. Waldman
• Lesion on the hard palate: our patient came in seeking relief from upper respiratory symptoms, but left with a referral to an oral surgeon
  by Denise Rizzolo
• Treatment of vasomotor symptoms: options for clinicians and their patients
• What's the lowest effective estrogen dose for hot flushes?
• What is the best portable method of purifying water to prevent infectious disease?
  by David Oldham
• Effective therapeutic options for managing postprandial glucose
  by Stephen Brunton
• Breastfeeding promotion does not decrease asthma or allergies
• Does low-dose aspirin reduce preeclampsia and other maternal-fetal complications?
  by Robert Gauer
• Aspirin + clopidogrel therapy: how does your care compare to the evidence? Did you know that patients with drug-eluting stents should receive dual therapy for at least a year, and that dual therapy for stroke prevention may put patients at risk?
  by B. Brent Simmons
• The menopausal transition and vasomotor symptoms
• Varicella vaccination: 2 doses now the standard: the nation's top vaccine panel now calls for 2 doses of the varicella vaccine in young children—not one. Doing so reduces the risk of breakthrough infection by about 75%
  by Doug Campos-Outcalt
• 7 days of triple therapy good for H pylori
• Sigh syndrome: is it a sign of trouble? Sigh syndrome, which involves irrepressible, persistent sighing, may be stressful for the patient, but it's benign
  by Abby Naimer Sody
• Effects of postprandial glucose levels on macrovascular complications
• Group B strep in pregnancy: test-and-treat, or just treat?
• What is the most effective and safe malaria prophylaxis during pregnancy?
  by Scott A. Wiltz
• Asking the right questions
  by Lee Green
• If you don't ask , they probably won't tell: if elders do self-report memory problems, their quality of life is probably suffering
  by Frans Boch Waldorff
• Managing postprandial glucose levels in patients with diabetes
  by Penny Tenzer-Iglesias
• When not to use beta-blockers in seniors with hypertension
  by Sarah-Anne Schumann
• What are the most effective nonpharmacologic therapies for irritable bowel syndrome?
  by April Lynch
• For Bell's palsy, start steroids early; no need for an antiviral
  by Lisa Vargish
• Management of vasomotor symptoms during the menopausal transition: a case-based approach
  by Susan A. Ballagh