Annals of Internal Medicine

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19 October 2004, Vol. 141. No. 8

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Ciprofloxacin or Tamsulosin in Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial FREE

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Richard B. Alexander, MD; Kathleen J. Propert, ScD; Anthony J. Schaeffer, MD; J. Richard Landis, PhD; J. Curtis Nickel, MD; Michael P. O'Leary, MD; Michel A. Pontari, MD; Mary McNaughton-Collins, MD, MPH; Daniel A. Shoskes, MD; Craig V. Comiter, MD; Nand S. Datta, MD; Jackson E. Fowler Jr, MD; Robert B. Nadler, MD; Scott I. Zeitlin, MD; Jill S. Knauss, MS; Yanlin Wang, MS; John W. Kusek, PhD; Leroy M. Nyberg Jr, MD, PhD; Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH, and the Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network*

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: prostatitis, chronic, ciprofloxacin, double-blind method, united states national institutes of health, non-bacterial ...

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):581-589. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00005

Breast Cancer after Childhood Cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

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Lisa B. Kenney, MD; Yutaka Yasui, PhD; Peter D. Inskip, ScD; Sue Hammond, MD; Joseph P. Neglia, MD; Ann C. Mertens, PhD; Anna T. Meadows, MD; Debra Friedman, MD; Leslie L. Robison, PhD; and Lisa Diller, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: radiation therapy, cancer, survivors, women, breast cancer, childhood cancer

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):590-597. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00006

Effectiveness of Primary Care–Based Vestibular Rehabilitation for Chronic Dizziness

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Lucy Yardley, PhD; Margaret Donovan-Hall, MSc; Helen E. Smith, BSMS, DM; Bronagh M. Walsh, RN, PhD; Mark Mullee, MSc, CStat; and Adolfo M. Bronstein, FRCP, PhD

Includes: Supplemental Content | Summaries For Patients | Audio/Video

Topics: dizziness, exercise, primary health care, vestibular rehabilitation

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):598-605. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00007

Improving Patient Care

Care Management for Low-Risk Patients with Heart Failure: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Robert Frank DeBusk, MD; Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN; Kathleen Marie Parker, RN, MSN; Albert Bandura, PhD; Helena Chmura Kraemer, PhD; Daniel Joseph Cher, MD; Jeffrey Alan West, MD; Michael Bruce Fowler, MD; and George Greenwald, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: heart failure, nurses, patient care management

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):606-613. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00008

Reviews

Systematic Review: Antihypertensive Drug Therapy in Black Patients

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Lizzy M. Brewster, MD; Gert A. van Montfrans, MD, PhD; and Jos Kleijnen, MD, PhD

Topics: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, antihypertensive agents, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, hypertension, blood pressure ...

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):614-627. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00009

Updates

Update in Cardiology

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Robert O. Bonow, MD

Topics: myocardial infarction, acute, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, atorvastatin, captopril, valsartan, metoprolol, carvedilol, heart ...

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):628-634. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00010

Ideas and Opinions

Differences, Disparities, and Biases: Clarifying Racial Variations in Health Care Use

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Saif S. Rathore, MPH; and Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM

Topics: racial differences, health care use

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):635-638. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00011

Editorials

Treating Chronic Prostatitis: Antibiotics No, α-Blockers Maybe

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Wolfgang Weidner, MD

Topics: antibiotics, prostatitis, chronic

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):639-640. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00012

Easy, Inexpensive, and Effective: Vestibular Exercises for Balance Control

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Marianne Dieterich, MD

Topics: exercise

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):641-643. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00013

Deconstructing Heart Failure Disease Management

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Edward H. Wagner, MD, MPH

Topics: congestive heart failure, heart failure, disease management

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):644-646. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00015

On Being a Patient

Shower Time

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Michael D. Martin, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):647. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00017

Letters

Hand Hygiene

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Thomas Filardo, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):648. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00018

Limitations of Gold Standards for Diagnosing Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Kaveh G. Shojania, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):648. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00019

Limitations of Gold Standards for Diagnosing Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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Mattijs E. Numans, MD, PhD; Peter A. Bonis, MD; and Joseph Lau, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):648-649. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00020

Ezetimibe and Statin-Associated Myopathy

Paul S. Phillips, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):649. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00021

Screening for Lung Cancer

Thomas L. Petty, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):649-650. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00022

Screening for Lung Cancer

Ned Calonge, MD, MPH; and Janet D. Allan, PhD, RN, CS

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):650. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00023

Senna-Induced Hepatitis in a Poor Metabolizer

Ulrich Seybold, MD; Nikola Landauer, MD; Susanne Hillebrand, MS; and Frank-Detlef Goebel, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):650-651. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00024

Inhaled Corticosteroids and Adrenal Function

Jacques Romney, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):W-123. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00024-w1

Inhaled Corticosteroids and Adrenal Function

Andrew White, MD; and Donald P. Woodmansee, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):W-123. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00024-w2

Ad Libitum

The Endocrinologist Gets a Hair Transplant

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D. A. Feinfeld, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):643. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00014

Ode to My Right Hand

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Rae Varcoe, MA, MB, ChB, FRACP, FRCPA

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):646. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00016

Summaries for Patients

Treating Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome FREE

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Topics: prostatitis, chronic, non-bacterial prostatitis

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):I-8. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00004

Breast Cancer in Women Who Survived Childhood Cancer FREE

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Topics: women, breast cancer, childhood cancer

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):I-30. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00001

Effectiveness of Nurse-Delivered Instruction in Special Exercises for Patients with Chronic Dizziness FREE

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Topics: dizziness, exercise, nurses

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):I-48. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00002

Nurse Care Management for Low-Risk Patients with Heart Failure FREE

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Topics: heart failure, nurses, patient care management

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):I-58. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00003

Medical Writings

Pain Management for Primary Care Clinicians

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E. Richard Blonsky, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):652. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00027

Mark Twain and Medicine: Any Mummery Will Cure

William H. Kober, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(8):652. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-8-200410190-00028

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