Article: Constipation and Cows' Milk. (Clinical Capsules).(Brief Article)

Article: Sibutramine metaanalysis.(Clinical ...
Family Practice News;  July 15, 2005 ;     566 words ...Sibutramine use was significantly associated with weight loss and appears to improve glycemic control and lipid profile in type 2 diabetics, reported Roberto Vettor, M.D., of the University of Padova, Italy, and his colleagues. In a metaanalysis of eight placebo-controlled, double-blind trials, 552

Article: Smallpox vaccine.(Clinical Capsules)(Brief ...
Skin & Allergy News;  May 1, 2005 ;     590 words ...A cell-cultured smallpox vaccine can provide a safe and immunogenic alternative to the currently approved calf-lymph-derived vaccine, a randomized controlled study suggests. Of 350 vaccinia-naive and non-naive volunteers studied, 349 had evidence of successful immunization, reported Richard N.

Article: Bacterial meningitis.(CLINICAL ...
Internal Medicine News;  March 1, 2005 ;     663 words ...Ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone are better than rifampin for prevention of bacterial meningitis in patients at risk of developing the infection, a recent Cochrane Review suggests. These drugs appear to be as effective as rifampin--the treatment that tends to be used for eradicating Neisseria

Article: Sibutramine metaanalysis.(CLINICAL ...
Internal Medicine News;  July 1, 2005 ;     619 words ...Sibutramine use was significantly associated with weight loss and appears to improve glycemic control and lipid profile in type 2 diabetics, reported Roberto Vettor, M.D., of the University of Padova, Italy, and his colleagues. In a metaanalysis of eight placebo-controlled, double-blind trials, 552

Article: Dengue infection.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief ...
Internal Medicine News;  August 1, 2005 ;     602 words ...A total of 77 cases of travel-associated dengue infection were confirmed in the United States from 2001 to 2004, according to the CDC. Commonly reported symptoms of the infection included fever, headache, myalgias, chills, and rash. Additionally, 25% of patients had at least one hemorrhagic

Article: Gonorrhea screening.(CLINICAL ...
Internal Medicine News;  July 1, 2005 ;     622 words ...Clinicians should perform routine screening of all sexually active women at increased risk for gonorrhea, because of the high risk for pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain associated with asymptomatic gonorrhea infection, according to the U.S. Preventive Services

Article: Postpartum OCD.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief ...
Clinical Psychiatry News;  February 1, 2005 ;     611 words ...The addition of quetiapine to antidepressant therapy may benefit treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder in women diagnosed with major depression postpartum onset and OCD, said Shaila Misri, M.D., and Lisa Milis, both of St. Paul's Hospital and British Columbia Women's Hospital,