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Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution From Biomass Cooking Stoves Find out about feasible, low-cost measures that could reduce the devastating health outcomes of exposure to indoor biomass smoke.
Expert Column, May 2008
Emerging Treatments for Adult ADHD: An Expert Interview With David Goodman, MD As options for treating ADHD grow, information about side effects and risks is also emerging. Should patients undergo ECG before treatment? When is insomnia an effect of treatment and when of ADHD?
Expert Interview, May 2008
Should Women on Methadone Maintenance Breast-Feed Their Infants? A study published in the January 2008 issue of Pediatrics looks at methadone concentrations in breast milk.
Commentary, May 2008
Can Opiates Be Administered by Nebulizer? Some clinicians are using nebulized morphine to treat pain and breathlessness in patients with COPD and CHF, but is there evidence to back that up?
Ask the Expert, May 2008
Roundworm Transmission From Dogs to Humans: Risk and Prevention What are the risks for transmission of roundworm from an infected puppy to humans, and what preventive measures can be taken? An expert infectious disease veterinarian addresses a reader's concern.
Ask the Expert, May 2008
AHA Recommendations on Cardiovascular Monitoring in Patients With ADHD and Heart Disease The AHA has recommended ECGs for children/adolescents being considered for, and in some cases, already receiving, stimulant agents for ADHD. What are the clinical implications of this recommendation?
Commentary, May 2008
Urgent Issues in Mental Health Now: An Expert Interview With Thomas R. Insel, MD This Expert Interview explores the state of psychiatry in terms of recent success, the current state of research and clinical care, and challenges that must be addressed as the field progresses.
Expert Interview, May 2008
Post-Myocardial Infarction Cardiogenic Shock: What's New? Advances in medical therapies, aggressive reperfusion, and the increasing availability of PCI and cardiac bypass may result in improvements in post-MI cardiogenic shock mortality rates.
Commentary, May 2008
Nicotine Replacement Therapy Does Help Smokers to Quit Dr. George Lundberg discusses the benefits of nicotine replacement therapy.
Commentary, May 2008
What's the Best Close for a Hemorrhoid Procedure -- Staples or Sutures? Commentary on a study on hemorroidectomy, published in February 2008 in the British Journal of Surgery.
Commentary, May 2008

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