Medical Practice

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American Family Physician July 15, 2001 Hsu, Le, & Khoshevis	Differential Diagnosis of Annular Lesions Annular lesions are extremely common and striking in appearance but can also be misleading. Although most annular lesions will be typical of a dermatophytosis, physicians must consider other possible diagnoses.
American Family Physician July 15, 2001	NHBPEP Report on High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy: A Summary for Family Physicians
American Family Physician July 15, 2001 Marc Tunzi	Can the Patient Decide? Evaluating Patient Capacity in Practice
American Family Physician July 15, 2001	Diary from a Week in Practice Decision on epidural anesthesia... Tobacco cessation... etc.
American Family Physician July 1, 2001 Selim R. Benbadis	Advances in the Treatment of Epilepsy Significant advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy over the past decade...
American Family Physician July 1, 2001 Brian V. Reamy	Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Review and Current Concepts Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is present in 2 to 4 percent of children between 10 and 16 years of age. It is defined as a lateral curvature of the spine greater than 10 degrees accompanied by vertebral rotation...
American Family Physician July 1, 2001 John L. Pfenninger	Common Anorectal Conditions: Part II. Lesions Patients with a wide variety of anorectal lesions present to family physicians. Most can be successfully managed in the office setting. A high index of suspicion for cancer should be maintained...
American Family Physician July 1, 2001 Jeanne P. Spencer	Medications in the Breast-Feeding Mother Prescribing medications for a breast-feeding mother requires weighing the benefits of medication use for the mother against the risk of not breast-feeding the infant or the potential risk of exposing the infant to medications...
Managed Care June 2001 Jack McCain	Leapfrog Group Actions Will Be Felt Throughout the Health Care System Thanks to a Business Roundtable-sponsored group calling for better outcomes at hospitals, health plans' lobbying efforts may pay off...
Managed Care June 2001 Frank Diamond	HMO/Physician Strain Creates Invisible Costs Perhaps goodwill is too much to ask for. However, peaceful coexistence can certainly help all players reach their mutual goal -- a smooth relationship that helps to get the job done...
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