American Family Physician

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Articles in Oct 15, 2004, issue of American Family Physician

• Using infliximab to close fistulas in Crohn's disease
  by Bill Zepf
• Homocysteine levels and reduction of stroke risk
  by Caroline Wellbery
• HHS announces medicare premium and deductibles for 2005
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Teenage pregnancy prevention: what can we do?
  by Janet P. Realini
• Annual scientific assemblies
• Assessment and management of personality disorders
  by Randy K. Ward
• Identifying short-term risk in patients with syncope
  by Richard Sadovsky
• Evaluating the patient with an ankle or foot injury
  by Mark H. Ebell
• CCHIT names members to information technology commission
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Pneumonia in older residents of long-term care facilities
  by Christian Davis Furman
• Two doses of varicella vaccine are better than one
  by Richard Sadovsky
• Grade 1 concussion in athletes
  by Karl E. Miller
• Cutaneous ulceration in a patient with HIV
  by Mark D. Goodman
• Thrombophlebitis: a common complication of amiodarone
  by Henrique Horta Veloso
• Diary from a week in practice
  by Kathy Soch
• Diagnosis and treatment of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas
  by Daniel Stulberg
• Potential dangers of aspirin use in patients with asthma
  by Anne D. Walling
• Blood pressure monitors
• Clinical quiz
• Pregnancy prevention in adolescents
  by Sawsan As-Sanie
• Prevention of dental caries in preschool children
• Laparoscopic vs. abdominal hysterectomy: a comparison
  by Anne D. Walling
• Home monitoring of blood pressure predicts CV events
  by Caroline Wellbery
• High blood pressure
• Definitive statements should only be made with evidence
  by Bruce Bonde
• Is antibiotic use associated with breast cancer risk?
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Quantum sufficit: just enough
  by Sarah Evans
• Vaccine manufacturer expecting delays in distribution of Fluvirin
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Suggestions for performing aspiration of breast cysts
  by David R. Pennes
• CME calendar
• Coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Effect of hormone therapy on cognition in elderly women
  by Caroline Wellbery
• NCEP issues interim guidelines on management of cholesterol
  by Matthew J. Neff
• NSAIDs should not be used in treatment of stress fractures
  by Steven D. Stovitz
• Courses outside the United States
• A trial of topiramate for migraine prophylaxis
  by Caroline Wellbery
• Managing patients with urolithiasis over time
  by Bill Zepf
• First-trimester screening for genetic defects
  by Carrie Morantz
• U.S. Census Bureau report confirms rising number of uninsured Americans
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Cruises
• Intensive lipid-lowering therapy and atherosclerosis
  by Caroline Wellbery
• CDC report on cancer mortality surveillance
  by Carrie Morantz
• CDC reminds physicians to consider West Nile virus in pregnant women
  by Genevieve Ressel
• Correction
• Moderate alcohol consumption may reduce risk of diabetes
  by Richard Sadovsky
• Caloric restriction decreases incidence of breast cancer
  by Caroline Wellbery
• School-based mental health services
• New studies from Robert Graham Center focus on race and access to health care
  by Genevieve Ressel
• A survey of personality disorders
  by Janis Wright
• International FP/GP meetings