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August 2006


Features

New Dpp-iv Inhibitors for Type 2 Diabetes Improve Glycemic Control
Stem-cell Research: Medical and Political Challenges
  IN-DEPTH
The Hospitalist Field a Decade Later
  Letters to the Editor
New Markers for Cardiovascular Disease
  HEALTH LAW
Why We Can't Outlaw Obesity
  DRUG UPDATE
First HPV Vaccine a Milestone in Women's Health
  IM INSIGHTS
Mozart and Medicine
  OPINION
Quality Measurement and the Art of Medicine
  An Interview with Robert M. Wachter, MD Dr Wachter is Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and Chief of the Medical Service, UCSF Medical Center.
  EDITOR'S NOTE
Sex, Alcohol, and the Pursuit of "Performance Measures"

Newswatch
FDA Rounds
International News
The Chart Room
Photo Quiz
  Review Question
Motorcycle Crash


Clinical Sections

CARDIOLOGY
Are Metabolic Changes Associated with Antihypertensive Drugs Clinically Important?
Statins Reduce Stroke Risk but not Outcomes in Patients With CHD
The Metabolic Syndrome Adversely Affects Patients with PAD
Elevated Testosterone Levels Predict cad in Older Women
NSAIDs, Steroids Promote Hypertension, Compromise BP Control
High-Dose Corticosteroid use Tied to New-onset af

ENDOCRINOLOGY
Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Cannot Rely on Specific Symptoms
Prescribe Intensive Statin Therapy for Patients With chd Plus Metabolic Syndrome
Black American Women, Regardless of Weight, at Increased Risk for Insulin Resistance
Testosterone Replacement Safe, Effective in Premenopausal Women with Androgen Deficiency
Fat Tissue Protein Could be a new Target for Antidiabetic Therapies

GASTROENTEROLOGY
Evaluate All Patients with CAD, Diabetes for Digestive Cancer
Starting With Anti-TNF Therapy, not Steroids, Increases Remission in Crohn's Disease
Weight-Based Ribavirin with Peginterferon Boosts Virologic Response in HCV
Esomeprazole Reduces Ulcer Formation in Patients Taking Prophylactic Aspirin

GERIATRICS
New Recommendations for Treating Alzheimer's-Induced Dementia
Higher flu Vaccine Doses Improve Antibody Responses in Elderly
Whole-Grain Diet Lowers Risk of Metabolic Syndrome, CVD in Elderly
New Treatments for Urinary Incontinence on the Horizon
Adding Leuprolide to AChEIs Stabilizes Cognition in Alzheimer's

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Appropriate Condom Use Can Prevent HPV Infection in Young Women
Influenza in Preschoolers Widely Underdiagnosed
Avian Flu Hits Young People Hardest
First 3-Antiretroviral Drug Combo Tablet Approved for HIV-1 Infection

HOSPITAL MEDICINE
Hospitalized Patients Not Receiving Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
Immediate Initiation of CPR Key to Surviving Cardiac Arrest
Performance Measures Driving In-hospital Antibiotic rx
Endograft Superior to Surgery in Thoracic Aneurysms

MUSCULOSKELETAL
Promising First Ever Treatment for Amyloid A Amyloidosis
Anti-tnf Biologic Safe, Effective as 5-year Treatment for Ankylosing Spondylitis

NEUROLOGY
New AHA/ASA Stroke Prevention Guidelines Stress Risk Factor Modification
Botulinum Toxin Type a Thwarts Refractory Migraines

PSYCHIATRY
Rethinking the Approach to Alcohol Abuse

PULMONARY MEDICINE
Intermittent Asthma Requires Aggressive Treatment
Sulfasalazine Good Alternative to Steroids in Idiopathic Urticaria
Bisphosphonate Useful in Patients With Lung Cancer and High Bone Turnover

WOMEN'S HEALTH
Testosterone Patch for Hypoactive Sexual Desire in Older Women
New Cervical Cancer Vaccine Prevents Other Gynecologic Tumors
Switching From Tamoxifen to Letrozole Improves Breast Cancer Survival

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Complementary Therapy at the Mayo Clinic
More Evidence of the Benefits of Acupuncture for low Back Pain

ONCOLOGY
New Cancer Screening Guidelines Urge Periodic Patient Examination

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