KARL E. MILLER, DAVID E. RUIZ, J. CHRISTOPHER GRAVES
Preventive strategies recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) include individualized education based on the patient's developmental stage and understanding of sexual issues, a hepatitis B vaccine series in unimmunized patients who are being...
KAREN K. O'BRIEN, MARK L. HIGDON, JAIME J. HALVERSON
Family physicians would play a vital role in the initial recognition and management of bioterrorism attacks. Physicians should be familiar with features of the highest priority infectious agents to expedite diagnosis, management, and public health response.
JAMES S. DISTELHORST, GRADY M. HUGHES
Because open-angle glaucoma can cause blindness with little warning, family physicians can help prevent loss of vision in their patients by recognizing risk factors and providing early diagnosis, referral, and treatment.
WENDY S. BIGGS
Consistently placing infants in the supine position to sleep may result in the occipital skull flattening of positional head deformity. Physicians should educate parents and caregivers of infants about the prevention of positional head deformity.
MARY F. CARROLL, DAVID S. SCHADE
Knowing how to evaluate and manage patients with hypercalcemia is essential for family physicians.
Matthew Neff
Family Practice Match Indicates Continued Decline in Specialty Fill Rate | Federal Government Creates Health Information Exchange Standards | HHS Releases 2001 National Statistics on Child Abuse and Neglect | AAFP Creates New Policy Regarding Ephedra-Containing Dietary...
Janis Wright
AFP is offering readers another way to contact us with questions and feedback. While you are taking this issue's “Clinical Quiz” and filling out the answer card (see page 1865), you might want to check out the accompanying reader feedback card located below the answer card....
Sarah Evans, Heather McNeill
As long as a workout feels strenuous, it will provide some protection against heart disease, even if the workout falls short of recommended guidelines. In a study published in Circulation, more than 7,000 men with an average age of 66 years were surveyed on how much they...
HELGA E. RIPPEN, ELIN GURSKY, MICHAEL A. STOTO
The article in this issue of American Family Physician by O'Brien and colleagues1 on the recognition and management of biologic agents points out that family physicians may be well positioned to recognize bioterrorist attacks and expedite response. In the event that these...
Eileen, a 37-year-old factory worker, is one of those rare people whom everyone likes the instant they meet her. She described having a wonderful life except for one large problem. Standing 63 inches tall and weighing 273 lb resulted in a body mass index of 48 for Eileen....
CAROL JOUGHIN, PAUL RAMCHANDANI, MORRIS ZWI
What are the effects of treatments?
KENNETH FINK, BARBARA CLARK
Case study: SR, a 40-year-old woman with no significant medical history other than smoking, comes to you for a check-up. You counsel her on smoking cessation and review her preventive health needs. You wonder if you should counsel SR regarding physical activity.
MICHAEL D. LACK, DAVID H. WEINGOLD
Photo Quiz presents readers with a clinical challenge based on a photograph or other image.
DAVID SLAWSON
LINDA FRENCH
MARK EBELL
ALLEN SHAUGHNESSY
KARL E. MILLER
ANNE D. WALLING
RICHARD SADOVSKY
ANNE D. WALLING
CAROLINE WELLBERY
SUMI M. SEXTON
KARL E. MILLER
Barrett M. Schroeder
The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently updated its guideline for the early detection of cervical neoplasia and cancer. The revised guideline was published in the November/December 2002 issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and is also available at CAonline....
Carrie Morantz, Brian Torrey
CDC Guidelines on SARS | Hepatitis Infections in Correctional Settings | AHRQ Announces New Web-Based Medical Journal | Recommendations for Preventing Medication Errors in Children
ANDREW PUTNAM
In this case scenario, the family physician successfully performed a task that often is forgotten during physician-patient visits—the physician frequently discussed with this patient her wishes for end-of-life care. The conversations specifically included her thoughts about...
EDWARD P. MCAULIFFE
Open-angle glaucoma is a common, serious eye problem. The insides of your eyes make fluid. When this fluid doesn't drain out, it creates pressure. High pressure inside your eyes can slowly damage the nerves that help you see.
The article “Antidepressants: Update on New Agents and Indications” (February 1, 2003, page 547) contained an error in the description of venlafaxine. On page 551, the second sentence under the subheading “Venlafaxine” should have read: It is a bicyclic antidepressant that...
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