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Substance Abuse in Patients With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
This article discusses the role of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of comorbid substance abuse and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2008
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Medical Tourism: Globalization of the Healthcare Marketplace
Medical tourism presents concerns and challenges as well as opportunities. This trend will have an impact on the healthcare landscape in industrialized and developing countries around the world.
Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
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Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals: Recognizing Population, Health, and Environment Linkages in Rural Madagascar
Madagascar stands out as a country addressing population issues that affect conservation, agriculture, health, social equity, and poverty to achieve a vision of rapid but sustainable economic growth.
Medscape General Medicine, October 2007
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Base Hospital 43: The Emory Unit
This article details the activities of a reserve corps hospital in WW I.
Medscape General Medicine, July 2007
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An Evidence-Based Algorithm for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
An evidence-based algorithm that can be implemented by the primary care physician in his/her daily clinical practice for the treatment of patients with neuropathic pain conditions.
Medscape General Medicine, May 2007
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Executive Summary of the African-American Initiative
This article reviews the links among hypertension, diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease, all of which affect African Americans disproportionately.
Medscape General Medicine, February 2007
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Alcohol Dependence Patterns and Their Impact on New York City
As a follow-up to a national survey by the CADCA, a panel was convened to discuss local alcoholism data from New York City. This report is a follow-up to a previously published report.
Medscape General Medicine, February 2007
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Laboratory Results That Should Be Ignored
Joint efforts by clinicians and laboratorians can improve detection of errors and reduce the potential for patient harm and waste.
Medscape General Medicine, October 2006
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The Store Front, Fountain House, and the Rehabilitation Alliance
Since 1948, Fountain House has facilitated the adjustment of post-mental hospital patients. There are now Fountain House Model Programs in 40 countries and approximately 200 in the US alone.
Medscape General Medicine, September 2006
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Assessing and Managing Methylmercury Risks Associated With Power Plant Mercury Emissions in the United States
This article discusses the toxicity of methylmercury at low environmental exposure levels and their risks to children.
Medscape General Medicine™, March 2006
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Coercive Restraint Therapies: A Dangerous Alternative Mental Health Intervention
Physicians caring for adopted or foster children should be aware of the use of coercive restraint therapy (CRT) practices by parents and mental health practitioners.
Medscape General Medicine™, August 2005
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Medscape -- The First 5 Years
This is the story of the first 5 years of Medscape the site. It is also the story of Medscape the company that ran the site until its fifth birthday in May 2000.
Medscape General Medicine™, May 2005
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"Good Publication Practice for Pharmaceutical Companies": Where Are We Now?
Eighteen months from the publication of "Good Publication Practice for Pharmaceutical Companies," one member of the group that developed these guidelines reflects on what they have achieved.
Medscape General Medicine™, April 2005
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Strategies to Enhance Patient Adherence: Making it Simple
This is a review of the current literature to help providers become more familiar with proven interventions that can enhance patient adherence. We then grouped the interventions into categories.
Medscape General Medicine™, March 2005
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Proactive Interference, Retroactive Interference -- What About Self-interference? A New Interpretation of the Recency-Primacy Shift
This article discusses the recency-primacy shift (RPS) and 2 experimental predictions that use 2 separate models.
Medscape General Medicine™, February 2005
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Bisphenol A: A Scientific Evaluation
It is very unlikely that humans, including infants and young children, are at risk from the presence of bisphenol A in consumer products, such as plastic bottles and canned goods linings.
Medscape General Medicine™, September 2004
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Physiotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
This review examines the application of physiotherapy modalities including cold/heat, electrical stimulation, and hydrotherapy as well as rehabilitation techniques.
Medscape General Medicine™, May 2004
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Recycling Expensive Medication: Why Not?
New (and proposed) advances in packaging, preserving, labeling, and verifying product integrity of individual tablets and capsules may allow for the recycling of certain expensive medicines.
Medscape General Medicine™, April 2004
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COX-2 Inhibitors: A CLASS Act or Just VIGORously Promoted
Are the COX-2 inhibitors really superior in safety profile to the older NSAIDs?
Medscape General Medicine™, March 2004
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Sarcoidosis: An Update for the Primary Care Physician
The ACCESS study is an attempt to better characterize sarcoidosis by targeting the delay time in making its diagnosis.
Medscape General Medicine™, March 2004
