Medical Practice

Magazine articles on medical practice and technical issues of treatment.

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Managed Care November 2006 Thomas Morrow	Transgenic Drug Production Heads Back to the Farm The use of transgenic goats to produce a recombinant form of human antithrombin is much more efficient than using mammalian cell cultures.
American Family Physician December 1, 2006 Lamoreux, Sternbach & Hsu	Erythema Multiforme How to treat this skin condition that results in a hypersensitivity reaction to infections and drugs.
American Family Physician December 1, 2006 Higdon & Higdon	Treatment of Oncologic Emergencies Family physicians should be familiar with oncologic emergencies because treatment often is necessary before consultation with a subspecialist.
American Family Physician December 1, 2006 Dout, Lehman & Glasziou	The Role of BNP Testing in Heart Failure With the increasing availability of assays for the measurement of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a cardiac hormone, blood tests may have a role in detecting, monitoring, and perhaps preventing chronic heart failure.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Ringdahl & Teague	Testicular Torsion Early diagnosis and definitive management are the keys to avoid testicular loss.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Peggy R. Cyr	Diagnosis and Management of Granuloma Annulare Granuloma annulare is difficult to treat clinically; reassurance that the condition will self-resolve may be the best option. Clearly, well-designed clinical trials are needed to better direct treatment.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Fletcher, Mills & Taylor	Update on Exercise Stress Testing Exercise stress testing is an important diagnostic tool for the evaluation of suspected or known cardiac disease.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Stephen J. Ritz	STEPS Tetravalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Menactra) for the prevention of meningococcal disease.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Wolff & Wilson	Putting Prevention into Practice Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Mark H. Ebell	Point-of-Care Guides The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD), United Network for Organ Sharing modification.
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