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Asthma With Rhinosinusitis Rarer in China Vs West
Reuters Health Information, December 3, 2010
Loud Snoring, Insomnia Symptoms Linked to Risk for Metabolic Syndrome
Medscape Medical News, December 3, 2010
Jump in Influenza Immunization Rates Among Pregnant Women
Medscape Medical News, December 3, 2010

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A Landscaper With BOOP and Brain Abscess
Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 1, 2010
Breaking Down Barriers With Books While Rebuilding Iraq
Medscape Nurses, November 30, 2010

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Your Malpractice Advisor: Legal Risks From Your Answering Service A malpractice attorney describes the malpractice dangers that can arise from your answering service and tells doctors what they need to do to prevent them.
Your Malpractice Advisor, November 2010
Do Physician Payments Bias Their Treatment Recommendations? If a given diagnosis were covered by 1 lump sum, would physicians recommend less expensive treatments more often? Dr. Gerald Chodak examines the issue.
Chodak on Urology, November 2010
New NCCN Guidelines for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Dr. Mark Kris highlights the newly issued NCCN Guidelines for the treatment of NSCLC, incorporating revised recommendations for the initial treatment of patients with stage IV disease.
Kris on Oncology, November 2010
Influenza Surveillance: Lessons Learned From Hong Kong As we move into influenza season, Dr. William R. Jarvis points out that we can learn a great deal about surveillance, reporting, and the importance of immunization from our colleagues in Hong Kong.
Jarvis on Infectious Disease, November 2010
Healthcare Workers Must Be Vaccinated Against Influenza Studies show fewer than 50% of healthcare workers typically get the flu vaccine.
November 2010
Lowering BP in Patients With Sleep Apnea -- Lengthy and Uncomfortable Henry Black, MD, discusses a recent study that reported on the success (or lack of it) of CPAP in lowering hypertension in patients with sleep apnea.
Black on Cardiology, November 2010
Are Endobronchial Valves Beneficial for Advanced Emphysema? A recent study compared the safety and efficacy of endobronchial valves for advanced emphysema. Do the benefits outweigh the risks for patients? Dr. Andy Shorr offers video commentary.
Shorr on Pulmonary Medicine, November 2010
Under the Hood: Can We Get More Horsepower Out of Our Existing Antibiotics? Dr. Paul G. Auwaerter describes some interesting sessions at IDSA and discusses ways that we might use existing antibiotics more wisely as an approach to better management of resistant infections.
Auwaerter on Infectious Diseases, November 2010
Crizotinib Hits Bulls Eye for Subset of Lung Cancer Patients A recent study described by Mark Kris validates a new therapeutic target for a subgroup of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.
Kris on Oncology, November 2010
Update on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: CHEST 2010 Four important abstracts about PAH and its diagnosis and therapeutics are reviewed.
Shorr on Pulmonary Medicine, November 2010
Rework but Do Not Repeal Healthcare Reform Flawed as the Affordable Care Act may be, it provides important healthcare benefits to patients, which Dr. Kathy Miller worries may be lost if the law is repealed.
Miller on Oncology, November 2010
HCR Post Election: The Real Dialog Begins Will Republican gains in Congress mean the repeal of healthcare reform? Or will they, as Dr. John Marshall suspects, set the stage for the first real discussion about healthcare?
Marshall on Oncology, November 2010

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Tiotropium for Asthma?
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Sedation In The ICU -- Are We Where We Ought To Be?
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Making Patients Accountable For Their Health
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Community-Associated MRSA, Rapid Tuberculosis Testing, and Dangerous New Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms: HIV and ID Articles of the Month
Commentary, December 2010
Conquering Antibiotic Overuse
Expert Interview, November 2010
The Mystery of the Multiple Enlarged Lymph Nodes
Expert Column, November 2010
Predicting Pulmonary Embolism
Viewpoint, November 2010

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