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Determinants of Heart Rate Recovery Following Exercise in Children
Attenuated 1-minute heart rate (HR) recovery is a cardiovascular risk factor in adults. What characterizes 1-min HR recovery after a maximum-effort, symptom-limited exercise test in healthy children?
Journal Article, May 9, 2008
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Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Sinusitis
A study in the December 5, 2007, issue of JAMA looks at whether antibiotics and nasal steroids are effective in the treatment of acute sinusitis.
Expert Viewpoint, May 9, 2008
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User Satisfaction With EHRs: Report of a Survey of 422 Family Physicians
If you're thinking of moving to electronic records, the results of this survey may help.
Expert Viewpoint, May 9, 2008
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Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information
Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
Expert Viewpoint, May 9, 2008
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CME/CE
APHA 2007: Emergent Issues in Public Health
APHA '07: Global warming, multi- and extensively drug-resistant TB, recovery of 9/11 workers, and the ethics of mandating HPV vaccine were among the important topics at the fore of the meeting.
Conference Coverage, May 9, 2008
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CME/CE
APHA 2007: Focus on Prevention
APHA '07: Creative and innovative approaches to prevention are highlighted.
Conference Coverage, May 9, 2008
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CME/CE
The Skinny on Weight Loss Supplements: Fact or Fantasy?
Patients who want to lose weight are likely to try an over-the-counter product that promises success.
Clinical Review, May 9, 2008
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Does Honey Relieve Cough in Children?
A study in the December 2007 issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine finds that honey may be an inexpensive and safe treatment for cough in patients older than 2 years old.
Expert Viewpoint, May 8, 2008
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Congress Passes Genetic Privacy Bill
In this videoblog, Dr. Eric Topol updates us on some of the details and discusses what this might mean for the future if it is signed into law.
Expert Viewpoint, May 8, 2008
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Insulin Pump Safety
Dr. Anne Peters is a big fan of insulin pumps, but they are not for everybody, as she discusses in this videoblog.
Expert Viewpoint, May 8, 2008
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Highlights of the 28th Annual Dialysis Conference: Optimum Management of Anemia in Children -- ESA Administration and Iron Supplementation
Bradley A. Warady, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, reviews pediatric research related to anemia management from the 2008 ADC.
Conference Coverage, May 7, 2008
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Repercussions of Abuse, Neglect, and Trauma on the Neurobiology of the Brain and Their Implications for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment -- From APA 2008: May 6, 2008
APA Annual Meeting 2008: Consequences of abuse, neglect, and trauma on the development of mental health disorders and the implications for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Conference Coverage, May 7, 2008
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Phthalate Diesters and Their Metabolites in Human Breast Milk, Blood or Serum, and Urine as Biomarkers of Exposure in Vulnerable Populations
Phthalates may pose a risk for perinatal developmental effects. Learn which biomarker is suitable for health-related phthalate monitoring.
Journal Article, May 7, 2008
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Role of Fetal Programming in the Development of Hypertension
Epidemiological studies have suggested that size at birth contributes to increased CVD risk in later life. What are some potential mechanisms involved in the fetal programming of hypertension and CVD?
Journal Article, May 6, 2008
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Child Myocardial Infarction and Follow-Up Outcome after Revascularization
This article reports 'real-world' revascularization by PCI in the youngest reported patient with atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, and the outcome after more than 30-month follow up.
Journal Article, May 6, 2008
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Newly Published Guidelines for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Pediatric patients meet the same symptomatic diagnostic criteria as adults in bipolar disorder and suffer similar significant impairment.
Expert Viewpoint, May 6, 2008
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CME
A Case of Adult Hepatic Toxocariasis
Toxocariasis can present with severe symptoms. The current case report describes these symptoms as well as how to diagnose and treat toxocariasis.
Journal Article, May 6, 2008
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Childhood Experiences of Violence in Perpetrators as a Risk Factor of Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review
Among perpetrators, is exposure to violence during childhood associated with the occurrence of intimate partner violence?
Journal Article, May 5, 2008
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Associations Between Neurohormonal and Inflammatory Activation and Heart Failure in Children
Are biomarkers associated with greater clinical HF morbidity in children, as defined by worsening functional clinical status and worsening echocardiographic indices of cardiac remodeling?
Journal Article, May 5, 2008
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How to Treat Skin Infections, Including MRSA, in 2008
Erik Schraga, MD, with Stanford-Kaiser Santa Clara Emergency Medicine in California, explains the correct way to treat skin abscesses in 2008.
Editorial, May 5, 2008
