Primary Care Reports – December 9, 2002
December 9, 2002
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Preconception Care
The primary care physician who cares for couples in their childbearing years should encourage women and their partners to receive preconception care. The physician can enhance this opportunity by adopting a preconception focus during annual medical exams and asking the patients about their conception plans. -
Pharmacology Watch: FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZeneca’s Prilosec
FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZenecas Prilosec; Pegasys Approved To Treat Hepatitis C; HRT Reduces Alzheimers Risk, Study Says; Heparin Plus Alteplase More Effective; Digoxin Effects Differ By Sex; McClellan Named FDA Commissioner; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
Vitamin-Mineral Supplementation and Acute RTI in Elderly; B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Outcome in Heart Failure; Companion Influence During Primary Care Encounters; Handrubbing with Alcohol-Based Solution vs. Standard Handwashing; Program To Prevent Functional Decline in Frail Elderly Who Live at Home; Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy with Isosorbide Dinitrate Spray