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  • 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
  • Updates

    Management of Lipodystrophy in HIV: A Mini-Update; Yersiniosis Outbreak in Black Infants; Transfusion- Associated WNV
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  • Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement

  • Global HIV Perspective Suggests a Long Way to Go

    The challenge facing the global community is to immediately marshall sufficient resources to ensure rapid scale-up of life-saving prevention strategies. Global HIV Prevention Working Group 2003
  • Neurotoxicity of Carbapenems

    Carbapenems are a class of ß-lactam antibiotics that offer broad-spectrum therapy for patients with a variety of infections, including skin/skin structure, intra-abdominal, lower respiratory tract, meningitis, urinary tract, and bone/joint infections.
  • Azithromycin as Single-Drug Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    Azithromycin is an effective, single-drug therapy for mild-to-moderate community-acquired pneumonia.
  • Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Staphylococcus aureus is a versatile enemy. It is spreading in the community, as well as in the hospital, with increasing resistance to antibiotics. Its armamentarium now includes not only resistance to methicillin and vancomycin but also means of spread and pathogenic mechanisms we clearly need to know more aboutand soon.