FEATURE: ROUTINE INFANT HBV VACCINATION STILL RAISES QUESTIONS
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There is ample evidence that immunization prevents hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and its accompanying risks of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Initially, immunization efforts focused . . .
FEATURE: SHOULD WE EMBRACE PSA SCREENING
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Until recently, routine screening for prostate cancer did not take high priority on the agenda of preventive medicine. Although many physicians performed routine digital rectal . . .
FEATURE: LIPID-LOWERING DRUGS: ARE WE OVERDOING IT
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Prescriptions for cholesterol-lowering drugs increased five-fold between 1983 and 1988 -- a rise that can be attributed to the aggressive promotion of gemfibrozil and lovastatin . . .
By Ricki Lewis
June 9, 1992
FEATURE: TILT TESTING: A NEW ANGLE ON SYNCOPE
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Recurrent syncope is often a diagnostic puzzle, especially in younger patients. Even after extensive and costly evaluations have ruled out neurologic disorders and arrhythmias, a . . .
By Joseph Sgammato
April 24, 1992
FEATURE: FOLLOWING "PROBABLY BENIGN" MAMMOGRAMS
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Wider use of mammography has increased the detection of smaller breast lesions. Many of these lesions do not appear malignant but lack features that would . . .
By Ricki Lewis, PhD
March 20, 1992
FEATURE: TPA VS. STREPTOKINASE: WHICH IS THE BETTER CLOT-BUSTER
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When tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) was approved in 1987 as an intravenous thrombolytic agent, it appeared to be a tough competitor for streptokinase, the reigning . . .
By Ricki Lewis
January 21, 1992
FEATURE: A RENEWED LOOK AT ASTHMA MANAGEMENT
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As morbidity and death rates from asthma increase, for reasons unknown, the approach to treating the disease is shifting. Questions are arising about the routine . . .
By Shirley Reva Levine
December 20, 1991
FEATURE: PANIC DISORDER IS TREATABLE, BUT UNDERDIAGNOSED
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The average patient with panic disorder sees ten practitioners before being diagnosed, according to the Anxiety Disorder Association of America. What is panic disorder, how . . .
By Ricki Lewis
October 1, 1991
FEATURE: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION: WHEN SHOULD IT BE ATTEMPTED
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Since closed-chest cardiac massage was first described in 1960, in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has become a "routine emergency procedure" including intubation, chest compression, and electroshock. . . .
By Ricki Lewis, PhD
June 25, 1991
FEATURE: BRAVE NEW MICE
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In the four years since HIV was identified as the causative agent of AIDS, researchers have made fast progress in unraveling its biology. Still, what's . . .
