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So Long but Not Farewell: The Medscape Journal of Medicine (1999-2009) Learn about the 10-year history of The Medscape Journal.
Journal Article, January 31, 2009
A Diabetes Drama for President Obama Michael Dansinger, MD, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, composes a poem that sets priorities for President Obama.
Journal Article, January 30, 2009
Mustard Gas Poisoning of Hundreds of Americans in the United States in 1996 A reader responds to Dr. George Lundberg's article on mustard gas poisoning of Americans in the United States 1996.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 29, 2009
Surgical Audit of Inadvertent Parathyroidectomy During Total Thyroidectomy This study reports and discusses the incidence, risk factors, and clinical relevance of inadvertent parathyroidectomy during thyroidectomy.
Journal Article, January 28, 2009
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine: Of Hopes and Challenges Claudius Conrad, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the clinical use of stem cells.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 28, 2009
Public Health and the Menace of Markets Anthony Robbins, MD, MPA, Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Health Policy, explains how the "marketplace" of capitalism is harmful to the public health.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 26, 2009
Global Maternal Mortality: An Unspeakable yet Avoidable Human Tragedy Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, FACOG, Professor of Medical Sciences and Outgoing Dean, Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, discusses the global tragedy of maternal mortality.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 23, 2009
Spontaneous Recovery of Adrenal Insufficiency in POEMS Syndrome We report the first case of spontaneous recovery of hypoadrenalism in POEMS syndrome. We suggest that in POEMS syndrome, adrenal insufficiency should be regularly reassessed for potential recovery.
Clinical Case, January 22, 2009
Differential Assessment and Management of Asthma vs COPD Is it asthma or COPD? The current review highlights differences between these pulmonary diseases which can help the clinician.
Journal Article, January 21, 2009
A Primary Care Perspective on Keloids This article reviews the most recent literature on the clinical features, pathogenesis, and management of keloids, with special emphasis on the unique challenges faced by physicians.
Journal Article, January 20, 2009
Seven Habits (to Break) of Highly Effective People George T. Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine at St. Louis University in Missouri and Editor-in-Chief of Internal Medicine at eMedicine, encourages us to stop these unhealthy habits.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 17, 2009
The End of Peer Review and Traditional Publishing as We Know It A reader and author further discuss the peer review process.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 16, 2009
Extended-Interval Bisphosphonate-Prevent Nonvertebral Osteoporotic Fracture Nonvertebral fractures (NVFs) are costly, disabling consequences of osteoporosis. Must bisphosphonates be taken daily or weekly in order to be effective in reducing NVFs?
Clinical Review, January 13, 2009
Let's Teach Moral Reasoning to the Next Generation of Doctors Stuart A. Green, MD, Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, discusses a new way to teach doctors ethics.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 12, 2009
Open-Access Medical Knowledge Rick Kulkarni, MD, Medical Director, eMedicine.com, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, discusses open-access publishing.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 10, 2009
Part 2: A Reader Responds to "Does Primary Care Matter?" A reader explains why physician assistants are an important part of primary care.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 09, 2009
Skin-to-Skin Contact Provides Analgesia to Neonates Dr. George Lundberg discusses how skin-to-skin contact provides analgesia to neonates.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 08, 2009
Reader Responds: "Passive Dissemination of Printed Educational Materials" A reader discusses the best methods for disseminating printed materials.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 07, 2009
A Systematic Review of Cochrane Anticoagulation Reviews Errors and biases found in 58 Cochrane anticoagulation reviews prompt a call for the FDA to reassess the evidence basis for 30 indications (FDA approved and off label) for anticoagulant use.
Journal Article, January 06, 2009
Born at Wrong Time? Timing of Infant Birth and Risk for Childhood Asthma Tina Hartert, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, discusses whether the date of conception predicts childhood asthma.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 05, 2009

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