American Family Physician

View more issues: March 1, 2008, March 15, 2008, April 15, 2008

Articles in April 1, 2008, issue of American Family Physician

• CME quiz
• Family Physicians capable of administering immunotherapy
  by John Saxer
• Is short-term therapy effective for treating latent TB in children?
  by Kenneth T. Moon
• Scope of practice differences in urban and rural settings
  by Ruta Marfatia
• Courses outside the United States
• GAO report concludes physician payment system undervalues primary care
• Pharmacologic management of heart failure caused by systolic dysfunction
  by William E. Chavey
• Medicare spending proposal includes positives, negatives for primary care
• International FP/GP meetings
• NIH provides online resource to educate older patients about high cholesterol
• Expanded newborn screening: information and resources for the family physician
  by Susan E. Waisbren
• Annual scientific assemblies
• AAN guideline reassesses the use of neuroimaging in the evaluation of seizure
  by Amber Huntzinger
• Subclinical hypothyroidism
  by Brian Herrick
• Infant with red, peeling rashes
  by Panagiotis Mitropoulos
• New and revised CPT codes cover online-and telephone-related patient services
• Abstinence-plus programs for prevention of HIV
  by Clarissa Kripke
• Colonoscopy surveillance after polypectomy and colorectal cancer resection
  by Durado D. Brooks
• Targeted medical school programs could improve rural physician shortage
• A morally reprehensible patient
  by Toby L. Schonfeld
• Colon cancer screening: what you should know
• CMS releases preliminary data on progress of the physician quality reporting initiative
• CME calendar
• When is the right time to repeat colonoscopy?
  by Vikram Boolchand
• Evaluation of acute abdominal pain in adults
  by Sarah L. Cartwright
• Partnership urges congress to block tightening of Medicaid, SCHIP eligibility
• FDA approves alternative dosing schedule for combined hepatitis vaccine
  by Liz Smith
• Cruises
• Quality of life in older persons with dementia living in nursing homes
  by Natalie Sefton
• Heart failure: what you should know
• 'Get Connected' program assists physicians in implementing e-prescribing systems
• Screening for carotid artery stenosis: recommendation statement
• Corrections
• Treatment of acute ischemic stroke with t-PA
  by Robert Dachs
• Aspirin vs. warfarin for stroke prevention in older patients
  by Anne D. Walling