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Journal Watch : the new england journal of medicinemedical management of early pregnancy failure; inhaled insulin for type 2 diabetes; roflumilast improves lung function in copd; what do physicians know about the risks of hormone therapy; uterine artery embolization of fibroids; starting dose of levothyroxine for hypothyroidism; effect of medical comorbidity on pay for preformance palns; adverse events and errors in intensive care; no benefit from pulmonary artery catherezation; perioperative beta blockers in noncardiac surgery, a meta analysis; c reactive protein levels, do race and sex matter; strategies for diagnosing pulmonary embolism; aspirin, nsaids and colorectal cancer; update on cholinesterase inhibitors for alzheimer disease; multivitamins to prevent infections in elders; effect of the varicella vaccine; prevalence of positive allergy skin tests in the u.s.; careful combing for head lice; more evidence that inactivity contributes to adolescent obesity; are homeopathy trials more biased than allopathy trials; can "unscientific" therapies be studied scientifically; mobile phomes associated with car crashes; noninvasive coronary angiograhpy.
- Journal Watch : the new england journal of medicine
acupuncture reduces osteoarthritis symptoms but for how long; another salvo in the psa controversy, prostate specific antigen; psa velocity and prostate cancer mortality; another aromatase inhibitor for early breast cancer; bone marrow micrometastsis in breast cancer; should prophylactic oophorectomy be preformed during hysterectomy; cervical dyspalsia in adolescents can be progressive; oeal contraceptives for dysmenorrhea in adolescents; irritable bowel and dyspepsia after acute gastroenteritis; epidemiology of hepatitis a transformed by vaccine; west nile virus; typanostomy tubes, not as helpful as we thought; buccal midazolam for acute seizures in children; pesticide related illnesses at school; asthma in children, montelukast vs inhaled steroids; waist size and metabolic syndrome in children; statins for kidney diease; white coat hypertension and risk for persistent hypertension; effect of pseudoephedrine on blood pressure and heart rate; outcomes and cost of cabg in the u.s. and canada; psychosocial factors in low back pain; sudden somnolence in patients with parkinson diease; modafinil for shift work sleep disorder.
- Journal Watch : the new england journal of medicine
little benefit to aspirin or vitamin e in women; echinacea not effective for the common cold; simple score accurately predicts early stroke after tia; use of hospice services by nursing home residents; menopausal symptoms are common after stopping hormone therapy; lifestyle interventions for urinary incontinence; fenoldopam, early acute renal failure; predictors of cardiovascular disease in women; soybean protein lowers blod puling out dvt, deep vein thrombosis; infective endocarditis;antibiotic prophylaxis reduce mortality; cough induced rib fractures; topical antibiotics not effective in childhood conjunctivitis; do obesity camps work; bed sharing increases sids risk, sudden infant death syndrome.
- Journal Watch : the new england journal of medicine
risk for breast cancer after benign breast biopsy; physicians enthused about annual check ups; do nsaids increase risk for mi, myocardial infarctions; is late mechanical reperfusion helpful after mi; quick diagnosis of loss of capture in cardiac resynchronization therapy; acute deterioration in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; men who are azoospermic at cancer diagnosis can recover following treatment; proof that physical activity benefits children; u.s. preventive services task force issues new guideline; adolescent body size, body image and suicide behavior; further evidence of pandas, pediatric autoimmune neuropyschiatric disorders; zoster rates seem unaffected by varicella vaccination; shorter treatment for some patients with chronic hepatitis c; two more clinical trials of hepatitis b therapy; single molecules affect complex behaviors in animals and humans; gestational diabetes mellitus merits treatment during pregnancy; does estrogen replacement cause lupus flares; no difference in sexual function after supracervical ot total hysterectomy; tubes alone or with adenoidectomy for aom, acute otitis media; om can cause signs that mimic seizures.
- Journal Watch : the new england journal of medicine
early treatment of seizures; warfarin dosing in older patients; prophylactic aspirin in older patients, still not sure; long term risks after minor stroke or tia; antiseizure drug therapy in older patients; middle age obesity and dementia; adult social outcomes of childhood obesity; inappropriate antibiotic prescribing; strategies for reducing antibiotic use in bronchitis; the more antibiotics we have, the more we use; iatrogenic hepatitis c virus infection; epidemic of unrecognized hiv infection in men who have sex with men; radiographic correlates of pulmonary tb; mr imaging in patients with suspected common blie duct stones; micrornas paly central role in cancer; adjuvant chemotherapy for localized lung cancer; timing of tracheostomy for mechanically ventilated patients; should primary care for acute back pain include behavioral therapy; psternal postpartum depression correlates with later behavior problems in sons; endovascular aaa repair, abdominal aortic aneurysms; expert panel's views on nesiritide.
- Journal Watch : the new england journal of medicine
restless leg syndrome; do children with aom need antibiotics, acute otitis media; utis in infants, urinary tract infections; minimal long term metabolic effects from antenatal betamethasone; orlistat and weight loss in adolescents; two ways to start insulin glargine; ct and ultrasound in suspected appendicitis; mri might improve breast cancer screening in high risk women; testing for four proteins detects early ovarian cancer; bortezomib for multiple myeloma; laparoscopic assisted resection; radiofrequency ablation; does relief of chest pain with nitro have diagnostic value; real world experience with statin related transaminase elevations; ststins might pay for themselves in many patients; vitamin c might lower serum uric acid; extracorporeal shock wave therapy for tennis elbow; spinal fusion for chronic low back pain; free nicotine patches led to smoking cessation; single question screening for unhealthy alcohol use.
- Herbalgram : Journal of the American Botanical Council
protecting goldenseal, how status assessments inform conservation; kratom crackdown, fda intensifies warnings with limited, inconclusive data; herbal supplement sales in us increase 8.5% in 2017, topping $8 billion; grape seed, vinus vinifera, vitaceae; american botanical council submits comments to fda suggesting rescheduling cannabis; bapp publishes adulterants bulletins on tumeric extracts and boswellia resin; four elemrnts adopts lemon balm through abc's adopt an herb program, about lemon balm; american herbal pharmacopoeia publishes monograph and therapeutic compendium on motherwort; clinical efficacy of a chinese herbal combination for mild cognitive impairment, shenwu capsule; review of a proprietary hawthorn extract for treating heart failure; review finds substantial evidence supporting some medical benefits of cannabis and cannabinoids; herbal legacy company, thayer's natural remedies.
- Journal Watch : the new england journal of medicine
major advance with human stem cells; defensive medicine and the malpractice environment; nsaid induced small bowel pathology, nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs; ppi therapy for nsaid induced upper gi symptoms, proton pump inhibitors; metronidazole for c. difficile colitis; rifaximin can prevent travelers diarrhea; a vacine to prevent shingles; postural changes in hematocrit; uspstf recommends against hormone therapy to prevent chronic conditions; combined therapy with ezetimibe plus statin; insulin is an important autoantigen in type 1 diabetes; interpreting dipstick proteinuria; mediterranean diet helps healthy eorpean elders live longer; calcium and vitamin d might not prevent recurrent fractures in elders; weight gain could limit pulmonary benefits of smoking cessation; n acetylcysteine offers no added benefit in copd; local adoption of pediatric asthma guidelines; accuracy of noninvasive coronary angiography; tamoxifen is associated with benign gynecologic conditions; do eggs arise anew in women; effect of hormone therapy on endometrial cancer.
- Journal Watch : the new england journal of medicine
prostatectomy vs. watchful waiting in early prostate cancer; testosterone, does it improve libido in women; black cohosh is effective in relieving menopausal symptoms; physical activity might improve survival in women with breast cancer; does vitamin d supplementation prevent fractures; yield of colonoscopic sccreening in women; statins and risk of colorectal cancer; little or no evidence that hair dyes cause cancer; which drugs-or none- for alzheimer disease; vitamin e and donepezil in patients with mild cognitive impairment; is routine episiotomy at vaginal delivery justified; neonatal behavioral complications from sri exposure, serotonin reuptake inhibitors; detection of intimate partner violence; beyond the low fat diet; here come the cannabinoid blockers; canabinoids retard progerssion of atherosclerosis; risk of venous thrombosis; progregession from paroxysmal to chronic af, atrial fibrillation, renal outcomes from allhat, cabg vs stenting for multivessel coronary disease, coronary artery bypass grafting; exenatide, a new drug for type 2 diabetes.
- Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
the importance of caring in an age of artificial intelligence; honoring thyself in the transition to online teaching; why public comments matter, the case of the nih policy on single irb review of multicenter studies; whose paper is it anyway, authorship criteria in health professions education; national internal medicine milestone ratings, validity evidence from longitudinal follow up; a guide to reflexivity for qualitative researchers in education.
