Poems & Tips from other Journals - June 1, 2006 -- American Family Physician

June 1, 2006 Table of Contents

POEMs and Tips

from Other Journals

Adult Medicine

Children's Health

Community and Family Medicine

Men's Health

Saw Palmetto Ineffective for Prostate Patients (POEM)

Mental Health

Women's Health

The trade names of drugs listed in POEMs and Tips from Other Journals are the first version of the drug that was released and not necessarily the brand of drug that was used in the study being discussed.

These POEMs are from InfoRetriever, part of the InfoPOEMs Clinical Awareness System, copyright InfoPOEM, Inc. The complete list of topics is available to InfoPOEMs subscribers at http://www.InfoPOEMs.com.

POEM stands for Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters. POEMs meet three criteria: they address common questions that physicians face; they measure outcomes that physicians and patients care about (e.g., symptoms, morbidity, quality of life, and mortality); and they have the potential to change practice. For more information, see page 2023.

The POEMs section is coordinated by Mark H. Ebell, M.D., M.S., AFP's deputy editor for evidence-based medicine. Dr. Ebell is a founding member of InfoPOEM, Inc.

"Tips from Other Journals" are written by the medical editors of American Family Physician.

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