Primary Care Reports – October 1, 2003

October 1, 2003

• The Best-Seller Diets: Their Claims, Recipes, and Nutritionals

  Several excellent reviews have considered the advantages and disadvantages of popular diets, including those that feature dietary protein, but none has focused exclusively on a sample of best-seller diets, as enjoyed by the public. This article analyzes the claims of, scientific evidence for, and sustainability of 6 popular bestseller diets, along with their published recipes.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Vardenafil Will Compete for Share of ED Market

  The FDA has approved vardenafil (LevitraBayer and GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in men.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

  A Strategy to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease by More Than 80 Percent; Pearly Penile Papules: Still No Reason for Uneasiness; The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Disorder; Urinary Tetrahydroaldosterone as a Screen for Aldosteronism; Finasteride and Prostate Cancer; Impermeable Bed Covers in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis

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