American Family Physician

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Articles in Dec 1, 2004, issue of American Family Physician

• Outpatient treatment of systolic heart failure
  by John R. McConaghy
• Do combination contraceptives cause weight gain?
  by Anne D. Walling
• AAFP names David Satcher, M.D., as John G. Walsh award recipient
  by Genevieve Ressel
• International FP/GP meetings
• Management results in the care of febrile infants
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Cranberry for prevention of urinary tract infections
  by Darren M. Lynch
• Patient preferences in prostate cancer treatment selection
  by Anne D. Walling
• AAFP's Consumer Health Publication wins award
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Diary from a week in practice
  by John O'Handley
• Annual scientific assemblies
• Twenty years of memories
  by Janis Wright
• Your baby's teeth
• Clinical quiz
• AAFP asks ABFP to modify maintenance of certification program
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Tegaserod in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
  by Michael Schooff
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  by G. Mustafa Soomro
• Oral health in primary care medicine: practice and policy challenges
  by Paul S. Casamassimo
• Just enough
  by Sarah Evans
• FDA issues advisory that warns public of risks associated with antidepressants
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Calcium and prevention of colorectal cancer
  by Clarrisa Kripke
• Vaginitis
• A practical guide to infant oral health
  by Joanna M. Douglass
• ACOG releases guidelines on management of post-term pregnancy
  by Matthew J. Neff
• Kaiser Family Foundation Web site offers Medicare information for patients
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Link between metformin and lactic acidosis?
  by Mark Ebell
• Diagnosis of heart failure in adults
  by Steven A. Dosh
• Pharmacologic and surgical treatment of obesity
  by Carrie Morantz
• Management of vaginitis
  by Marion K. Owen
• Screening for suicide risk: recommendation and rationale
• Screening for suicide risk
  by Janell Guirguis-Blake
• AAFP updates Information Technology Web site
  by Genevieve Ressel
• CME calendar
• Heart failure—what do I need to know about it?
• Risk of stroke following a transient ischemic attack
  by Anne D. Walling
• Acetylcysteine to prevent acute contrast-induced nephropathy
  by James M. Mears
• Courses outside the United States
• An unusual petechial rash
  by John G. Beauman
• Correction
• Fear of childbirth following instrumental vaginal delivery
  by Anne D. Walling
• Physicians with heart delivers medical aid to the Republic of Georgia
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Insulin therapy components
  by Alan Moses
• Cruises