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  • Bites in the Night: A Rabies Immunization Update on People and Animals

    An excellent update on rabies was provided by Charles E. Rupprecht, the Rabies Section Chief of the CDC, during the Symposium, Control of Zoonoses: A Veterinary Perspective at the recent 51st annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in Denver, Colo.
  • Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

    Effects of Losartan on Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Isolated Systolic Hypertension and LVH; Increase in Nocturnal Blood Pressure and Progression to Microalbuminuria in Type 1 Diabetes; HRT, Lipid, and Glucose Metabolism in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Postmenopausal Women; Effects of Long-Term Treatment With ACE Inhibitors in the Presence or Absence of Aspirin; Long-Term Risks Associated with Atrial Fibrillation: 20-Year Follow-up of the Renfrew/Paisley Study; Olfactory Impairment in Older Adults
  • Updates

    MRSA Hits Footballers Hard in Texas; Online Pharmacies Cater to Special Interests: Cipro and Anthrax
  • Pharmacology Watch: FDA Approves Claritin For OTC Use For Seasonal Rhinitis

    Effects of Losartan on Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Isolated Systolic Hypertension and LVH; Increase in Nocturnal Blood Pressure and Progression to Microalbuminuria in Type 1 Diabetes; HRT, Lipid, and Glucose Metabolism in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Postmenopausal Women; Effects of Long-Term Treatment With ACE Inhibitors in the Presence or Absence of Aspirin; Long-Term Risks Associated with Atrial Fibrillation: 20-Year Follow-up of the Renfrew/Paisley Study; Olfactory Impairment in Older Adults
  • Check counseling skills with rapid HIV tests

    Will your facility soon be implementing the OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test? If so, there are several resources to help you get up to speed in offering this new service.
  • Abortion rates continue to drop in U.S. women

    While U.S. abortion rates are dropping, particularly among teens, the decline is not equally shared among all women. Rates have increased among those who are economically disadvantaged, according to just-published research from the New York City-based Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI).
  • More generic OC options on the way

    Get set to add more generic oral contraceptives (OCs) to your list of available birth control options as Corona, CA-based Watson Pharmaceuticals is rolling out its brand equivalents of Ortho-Cyclen and Ortho-Novum 7/7/7, two popular pills originally developed by Raritan, NJ-based Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical.
  • STD Quarterly: Syphilis rate rises for first time since 1990

    Put syphilis detection on your radar screen: Overall rates of primary and secondary syphilis have increased slightly for the first time in more than a decade, according to a new report from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1
  • Rapid HIV testing method approved — prepare now to apply new strategies

    How many times have you tested patients to determine their HIV status, never to see them return for the test results? Get ready for that scene to change; the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) recent approval of a new test designed to detect HIV-1 antibodies in fingerstick whole blood samples will allow you to deliver the results in about 20 minutes.
  • HPV vaccine research yields promising results

    What if you could offer your patients a vaccine for protection against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer? Just-published results from a randomized double-blind study indicates that an investigational vaccine developed by West Point, PA-based Merck & Co. reduced the incidence of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) infection in 100% of women who previously had not been infected with the STD.