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- Uninsured Rate Declines in US
- Taxanes May Increase Risk for Significant Psychologic Symptoms
- Epilepsy Increases Drowning Risk
- Recalls & Warnings New PML Cases Reported With Tysabri Monotherapy
- Abdominal Obesity Associated With Risk for Stroke and TIA
- Management of Acute Peptic Ulcer Bleeding Reviewed
Public Health & Prevention Journals
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Contraception for Adolescent Women With Coexisting Medical Conditions: An Expert Interview With Paige Hertweck, MD
- Automated Detection and Reporting of Notifiable Diseases Using Electronic Medical Records Versus Passive Surveillance -- Massachusetts, June 2006-July 2007
- Approach to Managing the Pregnant Woman With Chronic Hepatitis B and Detectable Viral Load?
APHA Links
From the American Public Health Association
- National Public Health Week 2008 Web site, Blog Online Now: Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance
Book Review - Muddy Waters: The Legacy of Katrina and Rita
- A Comparison of the Completeness and Timeliness of Automated Electronic Laboratory Reporting and Spontaneous Reporting of Notifiable Conditions
- Characteristics of Recipients of Free Prescription Drug Samples: A Nationally Representative Analysis
Medscape Community Resources
POLL
The American Medical Association has called for a change in current federal law to allow pilot studies on financial incentives for cadaveric organ donation. Current law prohibits financial incentives, stating that any motivation for organ donation other than altruism is unethical. Do you approve or disapprove of such a change?
Public Health & Prevention CME
- Managing the Patient With Potential Genital Herpes and HIV Coinfection
- Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcomes
- Part 1: The Case of the Emergency Department Physician Who Burned Out: Risk Factors, Impact, and Early Interventions
- Terrorism & Disaster: What Clinicians Need to Know -- Pandemic Influenza: Recognition, Response and Healthcare Worker Resiliency
- Terrorism & Disaster: What Clinicians Need to Know – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Medical Management and Key Features of a Psychosocial Disaster Plan
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- Cheryl E. Easley, PhD, RN
- Felicia Guest, MPH, CHES
- Audrey R. Gotsch, DrPh, CHES
- Charlene Hanson, EdD, FNP, FAAN
- Omar Khan, MD, MPH
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