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COPD: Investigating the Gender Paradigm Shift Women are different from men when it comes to management of COPD.
U.S. Pharmacist, October 17, 2011
Medical Mistakes; Controversial Ruling Cognitive Glitches that Cause Medical Mistakes; HHS Yanks Public Access to Data Bank; NJ High Court Issues Controversial Ruling: A Roundup of Legal and Medical Malpractice News
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 14, 2011
Managing Menorrhagia Hormonal and nonhormonal options are available to treat excessive menstrual bleeding.
U.S. Pharmacist, October 14, 2011

Oropharyngeal Exam Predicts Severity of Sleep Apnea A simple oropharyngeal exam can provide key information regarding the severity of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2011
Guidelines to Detect Miscarriage May Miss Viable Pregnancy Current guidelines to diagnose miscarriage are insufficient and unreliable, and following them may result in the inadvertent termination of wanted pregnancies, according to a review and 3 studies.
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2011
ADA Social Media Becomes Key for Dentists
Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2011
EACS Infants Likelier to Get HIV If Mother Infected Through Sex
Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2011
FDA Committee Rejects Expanded Indication for Rasagiline
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2011
Honey Memory Boost: Too Sweet to Be True?
Reuters Health Information, October 17, 2011

Fee for Service: How Long Will It Be Around? Fee for service is under attack, but its demise won't be soon and it may never go completely away. Here's where fee for service stands.
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 14, 2011
Managing Pain: Determining the Right Maintenance Dose Once severe pain is under control, how can you then find the right maintenance dose to keep this person out of pain? Dr. von Gunten offers practical, clinical advice.
The Institute for Palliative Medicine, October 13, 2011
Which Antiepileptic Drugs Work Best?
Medscape Neurology, October 17, 2011
Undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder -- Common and Concerning
Medscape Psychiatry, October 14, 2011
Cartoon Caption Contest Winners: Mmmm Good!
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 14, 2011

Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 18, 2011
Sickness Absence and Health by Occupational Position
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, October 17, 2011
Chemical Suicides in Automobiles -- Six States, 2006-2010
Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 17, 2011

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