FEATURE: CHRONIC FATIGUE: NEW INSIGHTS, OLD MYSTERIES
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) continues to inspire interest and controversy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated the case definition (Ann Intern Med . . .
By AL Komaroff
November 7, 1995
FEATURE: WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO WEAN FROM THE VENTILATOR?
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For years, clinicians have debated the best way to wean patients from ventilators when acute respiratory failure has resolved. Two studies recently addressed this question, . . .
FEATURE: DOES PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE LIVE UP TO ITS REPUTATION?
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Because pneumococcal vaccination seems to have avoided the scrutiny imposed on a variety of other preventive services, one might infer that its efficacy in preventing . . .
By AS Brett
February 28, 1995
FEATURE: DO WOMEN IN THEIR 40s NEED MAMMOGRAMS?
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Perhaps no current issue in preventive medicine has sparked more debate than the value of mammographic screening for women in their 40s. Since the 1960s, . . .
By AS Brett
September 13, 1994
FEATURE: STROKE PREVENTION IN AF: A SECOND LOOK
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Chronic nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation (AF) affects 2 to 3 percent of people aged 55 to 64 and about 12 percent of those over 75. It . . .
By CD Mulrow
July 8, 1994
FEATURE: WHICH FIRST-LINE DRUG FOR HYPERTENSION?
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Early in 1993, the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure -- representing numerous professional groups and federal agencies -- . . .
By RA Dershewitz
May 31, 1994
FEATURE: ERYTHROPOIETIN: WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE
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The synthesis of several kinds of growth factors, most notably erythropoietin (EPO), has revolutionized the management of certain hematologic conditions. EPO has been used primarily . . .
By KI Marton
March 15, 1994
FEATURE: THROMBOLYTIC WARS: NEW DATA FUEL CONTROVERSY AND CONSENSUS
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When the results of the large GUSTO trial were published last September, a question that some considered settled became a front-page controversy once again. Which . . .
By TH Lee
February 8, 1994
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE TOP MEDICAL STORIES OF 1993
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During 1993, Journal Watch reported many exciting and important advances. As the new year begins, the Editors have chosen what we believe are the developments . . .
By TH Lee
February 4, 1994
FEATURE: THE PROMISE AND PITFALLS OF SUMATRIPTAN
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Treatments for migraine headache abound, but most are plagued by side effects and limited efficacy. Last December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved sumatriptan . . .
