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September 2006


Features

The Hazards of Long-term Bisphosphonate Therapy
Guidelines for Bisphosphonate rx
  ADA/AHA Call to Action
Physicians Must Focus on Risk Factors for Diabetes, CVD
  IN-DEPTH
Drug Trends, Costs, and Primary Care
  EXPERT INSIGHT
Is Prehypertension a Useful Clinical Category?
  COMMENTARY
The First 3-Drug Combination Pill for Patients with HIV/AIDS
  COMMENTARY
Helping Our Patients to Stop Smoking
  DRUG UPDATE
New Smoking-Cessation Agent Stops Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms
  IM INSIGHTS
Are Medical Decision Support Systems Helpful?
  EDITOR'S NOTE
Successes and Pitfalls of Drug Therapy: an Internist's Dilemma

Newswatch
FDA Rounds
International News
Letters to the Editor
The Chart Room
Photo Quiz
  Review Question
Warfarin-associated Bleeding


Clinical Sections

CARDIOLOGY
BP Control in Chronic Kidney Disease-part Art, Part Science
Enriched Tomatoes Could Boost Cardiovascular Health
Beware of Too-Aggressive BP Lowering in Patients with CAD

ENDOCRINOLOGY
Investigational Anticonvulsant Effective for Diabetic Neuropathy
Inhaled Insulin: Self-Training as Effective as Expert Training
Long-term Cognitive Function Unaffected by Tight Glycemic Control, Hypoglycemic Episodes
Colesevelam Offers Add-on Benefits in Type 2 Diabetes
High Homocysteine Levels Linked to Hip Fracture Risk
Metabolic Syndrome: Summary Measure or True Biologic Category?
Carbohydrate Content Predicts the Glycemic Effect of Foods

GASTROENTEROLOGY
Controlling Intragastric Acid Can Heal Erosive Esophagitis
Insight Into the Future Treatment of hcv

GERIATRICS
Treatment and Prevention of Postherpetic Neuralgia
Anemia a Major Cause of Hospitalization, Death in the
Homocysteine Lowering may not Improve Cognition
Drugs for Overactive Bladder in the Elderly do not Impair Memory

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
HIV Treatment Guidelines Updated
Physician–Patient Miscommunication Breeds Confusion about Drug Resistance

NEUROLOGY
Suspect Analgesic Rebound in Patients with Chronic Headache
Drug Interactions with Migraine Medications Not a Concern

HOSPITAL MEDICINE
Accredited Stroke Certification Enhances Patient Care
Better Hospital–community Coordination Needed to Manage Disasters
A Crisis Looming: Critical Care Physician Shortage

WOMEN'S HEALTH
Obesity and Menopausal Symptoms: The New Controversy
Testosterone-containing Therapies Increase Breast Cancer Risk
Promising Agent Slows Progression of Breast Cancer

PSYCHIATRY
Patients Taking Antidepressants Inadequately Monitored
The Long-term Mental Health Toll of Chemical Warfare

ONCOLOGY
"Cell Suicide" Potent Mechanism of New Anti-Cancer Drug Class

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  For Physicians
How the Diabetes PHD Works: A Hypothetical Patient
  For Physicians
Ambulatory CNS Drugs in the Pipeline
  For Patients
Migraine Headache: Separating Myths from Facts

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