Family Medicine Experts & Viewpoints

Older Women and Fresh Assisted Reproduction Treatment - Success Rates and Cost of a Live Birth Data from this study may be helpful in counseling women age 45 and older who are infertile.
Commentary, August 2008
Apparent Life-Threatening Events Linked to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? A study published in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics looks at whether ALTEs are related to SIDS.
Commentary, August 2008
URIs and the Development of Acute Otitis Media A study published in a recent issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal looks at the role of URIs in the development of acute otitis media.
Commentary, August 2008
Short vs Long Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment of Acute Pyelonephritis in Children A study published in the March 2008 issue of Pediatrics looks at whether a short course of IV antibiotics will result in more scarring than a long course.
Commentary, August 2008
Monitoring and Managing Cardiotoxicities Associated with Cancer Therapies: An Expert Interview with Dr. Pamela S. Douglas In this interview, Dr. Douglas discusses some of the key challenges facing oncologists today in monitoring and managing cardiotoxicities associated with cancer therapeutics.
Expert Interview, August 2008
Which Diet is Best? Have the Behaviorists Failed Us? In his video blog, Dr. Black discusses the recent New England Journal of Medicine comparison of diets -- and makes several important observations about what this means for clinicians, going forward.
Commentary, August 2008
Should Statins Ever Be Prescribed in Children With Lipid Problems? If children are prescribed statins, they may have to take these drugs for decades. Here, Dr. Black discusses whether clinicians should consider this approach, and what an alternative might be.
Commentary, August 2008
Why Should I Report an Adverse Drug Event? Individual clinicians can play a vital role in detecting potentially serious adverse drug events -- and the safety of our drug supply depends on them.
Expert Column, August 2008
P-4-P? How about P-B4-P? A new twist on a popular new language by Bob Morrow, MD, in his latest video blog for the "Transparent Practice" series.
Commentary, August 2008
Are Osteoporosis Risks Being Overlooked? Missed opportunities for osteoporosis detection and treatment following fractures are common.
Commentary, August 2008

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A new bill in Congress would send trained clinicians into doctors’ offices with independent data about the relative benefits, risks, and costs of drugs; some research suggests that such "academic detailing" reduces potential prescribing bias from the influence of drug company reps. What effect do you think such a program would have?

Featured Viewpoint

Psychological Stress During Pregnancy May Kill the Fetus Dr. George Lundberg discusses how pregnancy psychological stress can harm the fetus.
Commentary, August 2008

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