Sequencing the Drosophila Genome: A Landmark Event in a Landmark Year
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The concept of the gene is barely more than 100 years old; our knowledge of the general structure of genes -- the DNA double helix . . .
By AL Komaroff
April 11, 2000
FEATURE: Emerging Literature on Alternative Medicine
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In November, special issues of the Journal of the American Medical Association and the AMA's Archives journals were partly or fully devoted to "alternative" or . . .
By AS Brett and R Dall
December 4, 1998
FEATURE: ARE VITAMIN E AND SELEGILINE NEUROPROTECTIVE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?
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For patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their families, a recent study in The New England Journal of Medicine provided welcome news that selegiline and . . .
By DM Harper
June 27, 1997
HIV TESTING, 1997.
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An array of different HIV-testing systems were FDA-approved this past year, three of which are now being marketed directly to consumers as good alternatives to . . .
By A Zuger
April 29, 1997
FEATURE: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT FOR CHILDREN: HOW SHOULD WE ADVISE PARENTS?
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Parents often ask physicians for advice about how to discipline children, and the question of whether or not to spank often arises. But physicians' recommendations . . .
By RH Pantell
March 7, 1997
FEATURE: THE DEXFENFLURAMINE CONTROVERSY: NO EASY ANSWERS
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Earlier this year, primary care physicians in the United States found themselves besieged by inquiries from patients about dexfenfluramine, the first FDA-approved drug for the . . .
By AS Brett
November 15, 1996
FEATURE: TREATING HIV INFECTION: NEW DEVELOPMENTS
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State-of-the-art treatment of HIV infection has changed enormously in the last few years. In 1990, the only anti-HIV agent available by prescription was AZT, a . . .
By A Zuger
August 16, 1996
FEATURE: LUNG REDUCTION SURGERY: APPROPRIATE FOR *YOUR* PATIENT?
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FEATURE: THROMBOLYSIS FOR STROKE: SOME CONCERN, SOME HOPE
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FEATURE: THE TOP MEDICAL STORIES OF 1995
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Each year at around this time, the Editors of Journal Watch pick the past year's top biomedical stories. Typically, stories emerge from a group of . . .
By JC Puffer
February 16, 1996
