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Articles in Oct 1, 2006, issue of American Family Physician

• The homeless in America: adapting your practice
  by Susan Louisa Montauk
• Clarification of guidelines for the proper use of child car seats
  by Keith Nokes
• CDC supports vigorous promotion of child safety restraints
  by Amber Huntzinger
• Expectant management vs. surgical treatment for miscarriage
  by Clarissa Kripke
• Pneumonia: three days of treatment equal to eight days
  by Allen F. Shaughnessy
• CME calendar
• Relationship between cocaine use and cardiovascular events
  by Jeremy Joslin
• CDC reports on racial and socioeconomic disparities in breastfeeding
  by Liz Smith
• Facilitating shared decision making with patients
  by James W. Mold
• Depressed mood associated with perimenopause
  by Karl E. Miller
• Correction
• ACOG releases guideline on tamoxifen for postmenopausal women
  by Amber Huntzinger
• Courses outside the United States
• Health care for the homeless in America
  by Bechara Choucair
• Must sutures be kept dry to prevent infection?
  by Anne D. Walling
• Cruises
• FDA approves OTC emergency contraception for women 18 and older
  by Liz Smith
• Growing plantar lesion following trauma
  by Nikhil Hemady
• Imperative integration: medical care for older patients
• Osteoporosis screening and treatment prevents fractures
  by Kenneth W. Lin
• International FP/GP meetings
• Researchers study physician perspectives on testing process problems
  by Liz Smith
• Multidetector CT accurate for some pulmonary embolisms
  by Mark Ebell
• IDSA releases guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of skin and soft tissue infections
  by Carrie Armstrong
• Relief in children with exercised-induced asthma
  by Karl E. Miller
• Annual scientific assemblies
• New microchip-based test may improve diagnosis of influenza strains
  by Liz Smith
• Kawasaki disease: summary of the American Heart Association guidelines
  by Alexandra F. Freeman
• Quantum sufficit: just enough
  by Sherri Damlo
• Factors predictive of quit rates in light smokers
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Number of physicians taking new Medicaid patients decreases
  by Liz Smith
• Kawasaki disease: what you should know
• Clinical quiz
• Automated device equal to manual chest compression
  by David Slawson
• Does aspirin plus clopidogrel prevent cardiovascular events?
  by Chuck Carter
• Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children
  by Steven E. Roskos
• CMS administrator announces his resignation as of October 2006
  by Liz Smith
• Sore throat
• Antibiotics: when they can and can't help
• Statin use may reduce the risk of cataracts
  by David Slawson
• Exercises for mechanical neck disorders
  by Mark H. Ebell
• CDC projects availability of 100 million influenza vaccine doses
  by Liz Smith
• Colds and the flu: tips for feeling better
• Intercourse does not hasten onset of labor
  by Linda French
• A practical guide to crisis management
  by Michael G. Kavan
• Another opportunity for readers to provide feedback
  by Joyce A. Merriman
• Conference on electronic patient education to be held in November
  by Liz Smith
• Crisis management
• Raloxifene and tamoxifen reduce breast cancer risk
  by David Slawson