November 15, 2004

The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology developed guidelines in 2001 for the management of cervical cytologic abnormalities. The guidelines incorporate the Bethesda System 2001 terminology and data from randomized studies of atypical squamous cells, low-grade…

Chronic kidney disease is a progressive condition that results in significant morbidity and mortality. Because of the important role the kidneys play in maintaining homeostasis, chronic kidney disease can affect almost every body system. Early recognition and intervention are…

Multiple sclerosis, an idiopathic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, is characterized pathologically by demyelination and subsequent axonal degeneration. The disease commonly presents in young adults and affects twice as many women as men. Common presenting…

The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the human body. The cost of such versatility is an increased risk of injury. It is important that family physicians understand the anatomy of the shoulder, mechanisms of injury, typical physical and radiologic findings, approach to…

Strategy to Strengthen Safeguards for Children Treated with Antidepressants

Updated CDC Influenza Vaccination Recommendations

Risk of Recurrent Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Aneurysm

Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreak at a Swimming Club | 150th Anniversary of John Snow and the Pump Handle

Practice Guideline Briefs

This issue’s cover article, written by Barbara Apgar, M.D., M.S., University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Gregory Brotzman, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (see page 1905), reviews management of women with cervical cytologic abnormalities. The…

AAFP Selects New Officers and Board Members for Upcoming Year | AAFP Chooses 2005 Family Physician of the Year | Physicians in Shortage Areas Will Get Bonus Fee Payment in 2005 | AAFP Congress of Delegates Votes to Establish a Federal PAC | Robert Graham Center Releases An…

From the “1,001 Uses for Breast Milk” file: a compound found in breast milk, α-lactalbumin, can shrink or destroy many skin warts. According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers in Sweden, who were testing ways to fight bacterial…

Shortly after the National Cancer Institute’s Bethesda 2001 meeting to modify cervical cytologic terminology,1 the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP)2 developed evidence-based guidelines for the management of abnormal cervical cytologic results…

The diagnostic and therapeutic approach to patients with non–ST-segmentelevationacute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS — unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) has evolved considerably over the past decade with publication of multiple landmark trials…

“I hear a phone ringing in my chest.” Now that’s a new one. “The first time,” Mr. Jones goes on, “I picked up the receiver in the kitchen, but no one was there.” Mr. Jones is a grizzled 79-year-old man. In addition to longstanding hypertension and diabetes, he has every other…

This statement summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for syphilis and the supporting scientific evidence, and updates the 1996 recommendations contained in the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, second edition.

Percutaneous coronary interventions, such as balloon angioplasty, with or without stent placement, are important in the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease.

Photo Quiz presents readers with a clinical challenge based on a photograph or other image.

Guidelines for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), with a focus on hospital and long-term management, are available from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

Healthy kidneys take waste products out of your blood. These waste products then leave your body in your urine.