June 15, 2001

Patients with hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans (HAIR-AN syndrome) are often concerned with the physical manifestations of the disorder, such as virilization and skin lesions.

Anorectal symptoms and complaints may be caused by a wide spectrum of conditions ranging from benign to serious pathologic lesions.

Methadone maintenance therapy effectively controls opioid addiction but often must include treatment of infectious diseases and pain management.

Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis occurs predominantly in children and usually requires four to six weeks of appropriate antibiotic therapy. Chronic osteomyelitis occurs more often in adults and usually requires antibiotic therapy and debridement.

AFP has been honored with awards for an article and an editorial published last year, adding to a growing list of editorial coups that we have received in the annual Excel Awards competition sponsored by the Society of National Association Publishers (SNAP). This year's winners…

Family Physicians Urge Congress to Fund Training Programs | AAFP Member Selected for National Veterans Affairs Task Force | NMHA Launches Campaign for Children’s Mental Health | Uniform Set of Diabetes Outcome Measures Is Released | NIAID Announces Plan to Battle Leading Killer…

While studying patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that it may be related to fibromyalgia. The study shows that patients with CFS have higher levels of blood flowing through parts of the brain associated…

The development of addiction remains poorly understood, but evidence now supports the proposition that opioid addiction has a physiologic basis influenced by both genetics and the environment. Much addiction research has focused on an apparent “reward pathway” of the mesolimbic…

Medical surveillance is a term with a variety of synonyms, including medical monitoring. Medical surveillance is designed to detect early adverse health effects associated with certain work duties, such as exposure to occupational hazards.1 It serves as the proverbial safety…

Recently I received a memo: “Provider Meeting: All PCPs should attend.” I don't know about you, but I am fed up with being called a “provider.” Yes, I know, I provide medical care to my patients. And “provider” is part of “primary care provider,” or PCP.

This past week, JTL was asked, at the last minute, to fill in for a grand rounds presentation for fellow staff physicians at the local hospital. Choosing the topic of natural hormonal therapies, JTL shared with his diverse audience (radiologists, general surgeons, urologists…

Study Indicates Omalizumab Is Effective for Allergic Asthma | Low-Dose SSRI Is Promising in Treatment of Major Depressive Episodes | Parecoxib Reduces Pain Following Total Hip Replacement | Parecoxib Is Effective Pain Control After Knee Surgery | Benefit of IL-2 Therapy in HIV…

(Canada—Canadian Family Physician, February 2001, p. 263.) Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals and the relative proportion of the various pharmacologically active ingredients varies. Studies on the effects prenatal maternal marijuana use has on the developing child are…

The American Heart Association (AHA) has formulated recommendations for the management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. The guidelines are intended to serve as a framework for the development of treatments and for future research.

Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation | Warning Against Concomitant Use of Heparin Products | AAP Statement on Molecular Genetic Testing in Children | ASHA Web Site on Communication Disorders | Coexisting Diseases in Hospitalized Patients | Antiretroviral Approved for Use in…