American Family Physician

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Articles in August 15, 2006, issue of American Family Physician

• CME calendar
• AAFP study examines reasons for family medicine residency closures
  by Liz Smith
• Screening for peripheral arterial disease
  by Tracy A. Wolff
• Does delivery type affect postpartum health?
  by Kenneth W. Lin
• Courses outside the United States
• SAMHSA releases reports on state regulation of residential facilities
  by Liz Smith
• Clinical quiz
• Donepezil for advanced Alzheimer's dementia
  by Anne D. Walling
• Cruises
• NIH launches campaign to promote awareness of celiac disease
  by Liz Smith
• Acamprosate for treatment of alcoholism
  by Kam Hunter
• Digoxin therapy for heart failure: an update
  by Spencer A. Morris
• International FP/GP meetings
• CMS announces disaster response plan for persons with kidney failure
  by Liz Smith
• Bupropion SR vs. buspirone for treating depression
  by Mark Ebell
• Diagnosis and management of endometriosis
  by Anne L. Mounsey
• Annual scientific assemblies
• AAFP to hold Capitol Hill rally for health care system reform
  by Liz Smith
• Acupressure vs. physical therapy for low back pain
  by Allen F. Shaughnessy
• Endometriosis: what you should know
• Quantum sufficit: just enough
  by Sherri Damlo
• Rickets: emerging from Obscurity
  by Carol Wagner
• Recommendations released on influenza vaccination of health care professionals
  by Lisa Graham
• Estrogen alone does not increase breast cancer risk
  by David Slawson
• Rickets: not a disease of the past
  by Linda S. Nield
• Thank you for continuing to make AFP no. 1
  by Joyce A. Merriman
• ACIP releases 2006-2007 influenza vaccination recommendations
  by Carrie Armstrong
• MRI not accurate for diagnosing MS
  by Allen F. Shaughnessy
• Rickets: what it is and how it's treated
• Diagnostic criteria for patients with irritable bowel syndrome
  by William E. Cayley, Jr.
• CDC reports on end-stage renal disease in patients with diabetes
  by Lisa Graham
• Bypass surgery vs. angioplasty for severe ischemia of the leg
  by Anne D. Walling
• Management of grapefruit-drug interactions
  by Amy L. Stump
• IOM report finds medication errors injure 1.5 million persons annually
  by Liz Smith
• Pruritic papules on the chest and back
  by Miriam Hanson
• Clinical prediction rule for stratifying patients with PE
  by Jill Giordano
• Medicine interactions with grapefruit: what you should know
• CCHIT completes first round of ambulatory EHR product certification
  by Liz Smith
• Predicting four-year mortality risk in older adults
  by Mark H. Ebell
• Prolonged bottle-feeding and iron deficiency anemia
  by Karl E. Miller