American Family Physician

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Articles in March 15, 2005, issue of American Family Physician

• Courses outside the United States
• Register online for the STFM 38th Annual Spring Conference
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of lymphogranuloma venereum
• Effects of spanking in early childhood
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Tai Chi to improve sleep in older patients
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Safety of long-term inhaled corticosteroids in children
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Cruises
• AAFP collaborates on obesity management journal
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Quantum sufficit: just enough
  by Amber Huntzinger
• Prostate cancer screening—what is enough or too much?
  by Bill Zepf
• Surgery in patients with chronic venous ulceration
  by Anne D. Walling
• Hypertension and thiazide diuretics: reviewing ALLHAT
  by Richard Sadovsky
• International FP/GP meetings
• AAFP provides Web site for 2005 state chapters' legislative priorities
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Should atenolol be used for hypertension?
  by Henry Barry
• Maternal depression and failure to thrive
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Rethinking folate therapy after coronary stenting
  by Bill Zepf
• Lung cancer screening: recommendation statement
• Annual Scientific Assemblies
• CDC Web site focuses on autism and other developmental disorders
  by Genevieve Ressel
• ARBs vs. ACE inhibitors to prevent nephropathy progression
  by Mark Ebell
• Are family meals good for the health of adolescents?
  by Karl E. Miller
• Parent reports of ADHD treatment outcomes
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Urinalysis: a comprehensive review
  by Jeff A. Simerville
• Clinical quiz
• ACS publishes 2005 edition of "Cancer Facts & Figures"
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Does melatonin improve sleep in asthmatic women?
  by Henry Barry
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in geriatric patients
  by Anne D. Walling
• Vertigo—a type of dizziness
• Diary: from a week in practice
  by Paul Gross
• SAMHSA provides $22 million for community mental health services
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Role of antibiotics in secondary prevention of heart disease
  by Allen F. Shaughnessy
• Benefits of perioperative lipid-lowering therapy
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Mildly elevated liver transaminase levels in the asymptomatic patient
  by Paul T. Giboney
• Treatment of vertigo
  by Randy Swartz
• Dietary supplement use in children: concerns of efficacy and safety
  by Paula Gardiner
• An ulcerating foot lesion
  by Anita A. Alvarez-Cruz
• Amlodipine for CAD and normal blood pressure
  by David Slawson
• Neonate CBC and maternal chorioamnionitis
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Online registration available for 2005 ABFM examinations
  by Genevieve Ressel
• What should I know about cholesterol?
• Introducing Joyce Merriman, AFP's new executive editor
  by Robert L. Edsall
• Evaluating the patient with a knee injury
  by Mark H. Ebell
• Smoking increases the risk of infection
  by Allen F. Shaughnessy
• Symptoms of ovarian cancer
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Acid-suppressive therapy and increased risk of CAP
  by David Slawson
• Treatment of cholesterol abnormalities
  by Andrew R. Lockman
• Case report: Wegener's granulomatosis presents as pulmonary infection
  by Matthew Falagas
• Evidence-based guidelines for neuroimaging in patients with nonacute headache
  by Matthew J. Neff
• Preventing blindness in diabetic hypertensive patients
  by Mark Ebell
• Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgery: advisory statement
  by Bill Zepf
• Cephalosporins vs. penicillin for treatment of strep throat
  by Bill Zepf
• CME calendar
• Diagnosis and treatment of group A pharyngitis strep
  by Sonal Singh
• Lymphogranuloma venereum among men who have sex with men
• LEEP and preterm births
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Usefulness of family history in cholesterol screening
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Comparison of ACE inhibitor therapy in older adults
  by Caroline Wellbery