Special Articles

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.
Journal Article, November 13, 2007
Poverty Reduction and Millennium Development Goals 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.
Journal Article, October 23, 2007
Base Hospital 43: The Emory Unit This article details the activities of a reserve corps hospital in WW I.
Journal Article, July 11, 2007
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.
Journal Article, May 15, 2007
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.
Journal Article, February 08, 2007
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.
Journal Article, February 01, 2007
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.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 11, 2006
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.
Journal Article, September 13, 2006
Methylmercury Risks of Power Plant Mercury Emissions This article discusses the toxicity of methylmercury at low environmental exposure levels and their risks to children.
Journal Article, March 09, 2006
Coercive Restraint Therapies 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.
Journal Article, August 09, 2005
"Good Publication Practice for Pharmaceutical Companies" 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.
Journal Article, April 18, 2005
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.
Journal Article, March 16, 2005
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.
Journal Article, February 08, 2005
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.
Journal Article, September 03, 2004
Physiotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis This review examines the application of physiotherapy modalities including cold/heat, electrical stimulation, and hydrotherapy as well as rehabilitation techniques.
Journal Article, May 18, 2004
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.
Journal Article, April 26, 2004
COX-2 Inhibitors: A CLASS Act Are the COX-2 inhibitors really superior in safety profile to the older NSAIDs?
Journal Article, March 24, 2004
Assessing and Managing Breast Cancer Risk Using breast cancer risk assessment tools can answer many women's questions about risk levels and effectively engages a clinician and patient in crucial discussions about cancer and individual risk.
Journal Article, January 15, 2004
Pitfalls in Health Communication Poor communication is one of the main reasons for fear and mistrust of medical care. What can be done to help minority patient populations get the most from their healthcare?
Journal Article, January 08, 2004
Naturopathy: A Critical Appraisal How much do you know about naturopathy? A critical summary evaluates this field's effect on patient care and health policy.
Journal Article, December 31, 2003

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