Guest guest Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 Primary Care MedPulse® www.medscape.com/primarycarehome MedPulse is a weekly index of key news and features on Medscape's specialty sites compiled by Medscape's Editors. ADVERTISEMENT MIGRAINE: Free Slide Kit and Speaker's NotesThis eight-chapter slide kit includes sections on the different types of headaches, various migraine treatments and treatment strategies and the impact of migraine (such as direct and indirect costs and workplace disability). There are a total of 240 slides.Click here to download. Brought to you by Attack-Migraine.com. ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:NEWSMEMBER NEWSUSER SUPPORT NEW FEATURES THIS WEEK CDC Growth Charts This 3 module series provides information about how the charts were developed, how to use BMI in children and adolescents, and recommendations for screening, assessing and managing overweight. Influenza Activity: United States, 2003-04 Season Influenza began circulating in the United States unusually early this season, and influenza activity nationwide is expected to increase.MMWR 52(49) 2003 Plans for Medicare Patients In a Medscape Instant Poll that launched Dec. 15, 66% of respondents said that now that Congress has voted to increase physician payments for Medicare by at least 1.5% in the next two years, they do not plan to make any changes to their volume of Medicare patients. But 24% of respondents said they will continue to limit their Medicare patient volume. As of Dec. 18, a total of 392 respondents had taken part in this poll. To view the full results of the poll, click on the title above. Management of Pediatric Pneumococcal Diseases in the Era of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Understand the appropriate diagnosis, evaluation, and management of acute otitis media and invasive pneumococcal disease. Examine the data on PCV-7, and define those populations still at risk. Lowering Salt Intake: Collective SBP Benefit Trumps Individual Variation Reducing salt intake lowers the average blood pressure in patient populations, but what about individual responses?Journal Watch 2(11) 2003 Vaccines -- How They are Made, Supplied, and Monitored for the Health and Safety of our Children Illustrate how changes in antimicrobial management affect the course of respiratory illness in children, and identify what the FDA, AAP, and community can do to prevent the shortages of vaccine. Acid-Related Disorders, December 2003 Leading physicians M. Inadomi, MD; Harley R. Liker, MD, MBA; M. Fennerty, MD; and Mae Go, MD, provide clinical commentary for key articles in the literature.Medscape Gastroenterology 5(2) 2003 MEDLINE Abstracts: Family Caregivers in Palliative Care What does the recent literature say about the needs of family caregivers who provide palliative care? Find out in this easy-to-navigate collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts.Medscape Nurses 5(2) 2003 Uninvited, Unwelcome Medical Email Messages Are medical spam messages potentially harmful to patients' health? Medscape General Medicine 5(4) 2003 Improving Clinical Outcomes Over the Continuum of a Patient's Care Researchers need to ask whether cost-containment practices impact quality of care and overall utilization of medical resources.Drug Benefit Trends 15(10) 2003 NEWS Life Expectancy in Retreat for World's Poorest: UN While life expectancy increases in most of the world, in AIDS-ravaged parts of southern Africa adult mortality is higher than it was 30 years ago, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.Reuters Health Information 2003 ACP/AAFP Issues Guidelines for Management of Atrial Fibrillation The joint commission made six recommendations for internists and family physicians to manage patients with atrial fibrillation, except for those cases occurring after surgery or MI.Medscape Medical News 2003 Esomeprazole Most Effective for Gastric Acid Control In a 5-way crossover study, this proton pump inhibitor was the most effective in patients with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.Medscape Medical News 2003 Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Often Misdiagnosed Failure to recognize this condition may cause significant delay in treatment and risks of mistreatment.Medscape Medical News 2003 Late-Life Anemia Affects Morbidity and Mortality Elderly patients with anemia were at a 61% increased risk of death.Medscape Medical News 2003 U.S. Panel Warns of More Vaccine Shortages Sporadic shortages of routine childhood vaccines are likely to continue unless some changes are made, a U.S. advisory group said on Tuesday.Reuters Health Information 2003 New Rapid Test Developed to Detect Chlamydia The test gives results in less than 25 minutes and will cost as little as 70 U.S. cents in developing countries.Reuters Health Information 2003 OC-Folic Acid Combo Proposed to Reduce Birth Defects Adding the nutrient folic acid to an oral contraceptive may be a worthwhile way to further reduce certain types of birth defects, a U.S. advisory panel said Monday.Reuters Health Information 2003 Death Risk From Air Pollution More Due to Cardiac Than Respiratory Causes Long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution is more likely to result in death from cardiovascular causes than from respiratory etiologies, according to a report published in the December 16th rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.Reuters Health Information 2003 Accommodating Intraocular Lenses Allow Near and Far Vision: A Newsmaker Interview With J. Stuart Cumming, MD, FACS, FRCOphth The first FDA-approved accommodating intraocular lenses are now being implanted in cataract patients, allowing freedom from corrective lenses in most patients.Medscape Medical News 2003 MEMBER NEWS COMPREHENSIVE, PRINTABLE DRUG INFORMATION Medscape DrugInfo provides clinical information on drug indications, adverse effects, interactions, and other cautionary guidance, as well as handouts for your patients. Click DrugInfo from the top of any page, or search by drug name. Not a member? Click here to sign up for FREE Medscape membership. USER SUPPORT Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Subscribe to this newsletter. Forgot your login info? Cannot read this newsletter? Prefer the TEXT version? www.medscape.com/px/registration/updateemail Difficulty linking to a news story? Need additional support? .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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